■ 8fa I I IMS n ■ I COLLECTION OF PURITAN AND ENGLISH THEOLOGICAL LITERATURE I LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY v*... ^ ~C^ PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY :nd debauchery of the Cj entry and people of this Kingdom*. Like Pried, like people b : They caufe \4 r. 4 . * the people toerrcby their lyes and by their lightnefle c : They cJer.V.jii are afnareon -Mijpah, and a net fpread upon Tabor d . They d Hof.j.^ have wrefted and broken the law of the Lord, defiled his holy things, hid their eyes from his Sabbath?, polluted. his Sanctua- ry c , and feduced the people to the fime ti'/f^z^jf/^dawbing with c Ez?k.«,:t% untempcred Morter f : Thefe Prophets prophefiefalfy,the Bijhops f £zek,ij. ir > t beare rule by their means, and the people love to have it (o% % ^ g T Fourthly, 73 eholdWith admiration, and acknowledge With love and thankefulnejfe the tranfeendent mercie of the Lord, to his poore people among us, that Whereas he hath infinite jufi caufe to defray thefe griefs and people together, cloath them With deflation, and doe unto them after their Waies, and judge them ace or ding to their defert h . He isgracioufy pleafedtoflirre up a spirit of ueale and h ^ z ^'»7. *7» judgement in the Parliament to deliver the people from the mouties of thefe Shepheards, that feed not the fiocke, but kill them that a^e fed, eatithefat, and cloath thcmfelves with the Wool* j and to fit jU 2 k~> 4- | trnefhepheards ovtr them 3 tofieekethat which was loft, and bring ?o. A 3 ig iir$ S The Epiftle to the Reader. againe that which wm driven away, to bind them that were broken andftrengthen them that were &£, and to feed them all With know B« # |4.i^6 heardsthatbefore^ithfirceandcruelty ruled over them K^ Yiflly ,Behold with comfort and afiured expectation of Jood from Heaven y thatatthe Lord hath manifested h; potions purpofe tore- firms his Church in this Land, andfet up the Kingdomeof Chrisl among us, in the purity of Doctrine and Difcip line, and hath for . that pur j»fi called this Parliament, fixed it, fit it upon that worke and maintained it therein, and in all thefi hath manifefied his im* mediate hand and finger, in fiupendions works of Divine provi- dence, opening obflruElions, Working that himfilfe which hn fer vants could not, making the very enemies of Reformation meanes to further it; dif covering and preventing the horrid hel- lifhi treacherous plots of his and our enemies, turning the c\un- fills of Achitophdi into folly, difcoverinr the rotten hearts of them, that fiid they Were fir the Qaufeof Cjod, but are fiund ly ers; and holding up the hearts of hi* faith fill ones in the middeft of, and againfi all difcouragements. So the Lord u pUafed to carry on hi4 great Worke of Reformation, in the very face and in ditfight of all oppofitions and dangers, that it gaines ground andcreepeson everyday. Thefe VriefisofEul, finnesof Be- liall, that know not the Lord, whofe finne is very great before Cody in making multitudes abhorre the Offerings of the Lord 3 are taken away and removed as filthy rubbijh from the houfe of God. The Antinomians that destroy the Law, at neither dt rectory nor obligatory of a Chrifiian to duty: and teach, that Cjodfees not, u not angry With, Will not correct, requires not firrowfir nor repentance of the grojefi finnes that are commit. ted byfuch 04 beleeve they be in Chrifl • and that the elect are dually jufiified as Co one as borne, though they have not faith in forty y ear es after, and many fich absurdities and barbarifmes in Divinity, are quefiioned and in a good way to be fuppreffed and the T>oElrine of our Church in a great part cleared flom all asjerfions and mifconftruct ions. This* the Lords doin", and it is marvellous in our eycs t *And certainely thefe Works of god, are fi many carnefi-pence unto ns y at the firfi fiuits to the harvefi > that God will in hit own way and time per fict hisfiid worke 8 iSifn.a. ? j, X7« 1&f- /: The EpifUe to the Reader. if athreugh Reformation, andbringforthandlay the head and to p- ftone thereof that We and our poslsrity Jhail rejoyee and cry grace graceunroit b . c ?4 * 7 ' Sixthly, Whereas in fever all Proclamations , Declarations and 'pamphletsfet forth in hi* LMajefties name % and other wife fent hi from Oxford, the Parliament hath been exceedingly reproached and condemned ( as in truth they have been for all the good they bave done for the Kingdome )for Seque firing the Livings ofReve- rend1)>vines ( at they ftile them ) thou may ft by aferioui peru- fall of this Booke,cleerely fee what 'Divines the Authours and pub- Ujbcrs of the faid Pamphlets doe fo reverence andefieeme ; And fiom thence obferve of what fpir it thefc men are that fid: With % ho- nour, pleade for \and receive unto themfuch Priefis tf/Baal^/Bao chuv/Fiiapus '•> Doth not their affection unto, and high efteeme of fuchuncleane beafts, abundantly evince, that they ftrve and pro fti- tute themfelves unto the fame dur,g-Mll idols and filthy lufts, and that the j are all of the fame P other 1 And note further , that th'efe Li" belUrs not only fpeake evill of 'Dignities, but alfo ofthofe things that they know not c , they (fenfure the Supreame Court of Judicature, c JuJe 8,10. themfelves being J) elinquents^ defer ving the fever eft judgement, and that without hearing them, or informing themfelves of what they have done, notwithftanding all their aEls and proceedings lis fairely of record in their Journallboohes, obvious to every man that defires to under ft and the fame. And that the 'Parliament may appear e ju (I in their doings, and the mouth of inicjuity may be ft op- ped,t his Narrative of the crimes,* and mifdemeanours of thofe fons * Thegrondt of the earth are here pub lifted, that all theft 'or Id may fee, that the proved bvma-* tongues ofthefe that fpeake evill of the Parliament, are fet on fire of n » ^{ t e ^ es> Htll,undlift up agatnft Heaven, andthat they hide themfelves an- uldome'.eje derfalfchood,and make lies their refuse. then (ix. And let not the Learning offomefew ofthefe men (foriv ch if they had ary grace to ufe it well, they were ccnfiderahle ) move thee to thinke they be hirdly dealt with, for learning in a man unfanBified, is but apearle in a Swinesfnout, Arrius^ela^ifcis, Arminius, all of them learned, but thereby the more fer vie cable to doe mifchiefi in the Church^like Curio, who wasSzcandus'onty ad reipubiicse per- mcicm.Learning and knowledge ttv honour in any, but vitioufnejfe and lewdnejje we condemne in all: had Come ofthefe men ptnUity of lift The Epiftleto the Reader. life as well as light of knowledge , they had been honourable to Re it* uion, and ufefi.il to fiules-, but tne'ir abhorred lusls caftini out of them the guidance of light, it is butjuttice to caft thsm of from be- ijig guides to otherj : I fay ^uft ice to them, and wit hall mercy to the poor e people, who at once are ridde of a plague, anden'oy ableffing^ are freed from fuch who poifoned their foules ,and fipplied by fitch as * None fucceed xak$ c^ e to fiedandfdve their foules \ thcic fob tie ft- j ^ grv we ij : l l Mt oft we f a y or doe in this particular will be reproa - iu 1 S} chedbyfome^ but goodfervicesmuft not therefore be defer ted be- scnined and *L CAU f e r poached. When the fat Abbies were taken downe in Henry proved by the the eights time, the Frier scried out that holy Church was destroyed, Aflcmbiyof *yet when the draughts andponds were fearched, fo many bones and Divines. skulls were found, which nffured men of praclifes diftant enough from holinejfe. For my part Ifhallnot ceafe to endeavour and pray for aperfecl reformation of the Church, which is the garden wheretn Cjoddelightethto walkg, aM therefore mnft be purged of all ft in- king nnd noyfome weeds. And doe thou ( whofoever tjjou artjhat fixeft thine eye on this difflay ) learne by the evilts which thou r cade ft, to bewaile the greater evills in this finfull Land which thou <> The follow- y et ^°ft not ty° w b; When malice hathjpoken its'worft and done its ing Centuries Mtmoft, thenfbalt thou cleerely under ft and "tohat 1 daily fee and cer- wilimake a tainelyknow, that the great fervices andpaines of the Parliament more full Dif- have no other jcope but divine glory, the Churches reformatio n,and covery of t.ie the Kinvdomes faftty. Confider fadly and ferioufiy of the fe things. that are a o an( * ™ e Lord give thee and me under standing of thefe times, to m% D know Vohat I fraell ought to doe tn the fame ; and let us without feare of the hand of violence, or footeof pride, Jet hand and hearty and fhoulder and all, to the perfect cleanfing of the houfeoftheLord % and advancing his Sion to a perfection ofbe>auty, and fitting up hii fflrift upon his Throne, to rule over us in all things according to hii own mind, and then expebl with filnejfe ofajfurance, that he will Ipeedily make all his enemies hisfoot-ftoole, and eafe himfielfi and us of all his adverfaries. Which is the prayer of him that defireth to fpend himfelfe • and be fpent in the fervice of the King and Kingdome, J O H N v WH I T E. Ut m srtf THE FIRST CEN TUR IE O F Scandalous and Lewd K E Benefice of lohn Wdfon Vicar of Arlington in the County of Suffex , is fcqueftred , for that he in moftbeaftly manner, divers times attemp- ted to commit buggery with Nathaniel Browne Samuel Andrews and Robert Williams his Pari- fliioncrs, and by perfwafions and violence , laboured to draw them to that abominable finne , that fas he fliamed not to pro- fefle ) they might make up his number eight eene^ and hath profeffcd, that he made choice to commit that acJ with man-kind rather then with women , to avoid the fhame and danger that oft tnfuethin begetting BaHards 5 and hath alfo attempted to com- mit Buggery with a Mare, and at baptizing of a Baftard child, blafpheamouflvfaid, openly in the Church , That our Saviour & he was in the flejh,w&s a Baftard : and ufually preacherh, That Baptifme utterly takefh away original! Jinne , and that the fir/nes committed after Bapt.fme, arc onely by imitation, and not by naturall corruption : and hath in his Sermons, much commended Ima- ges in Churches , as good for edification \ an ' that men jlould fray with Bcades,md hath openly faid , that the Parliament were 'JRebelts^ and endeavoured to Jiarve the King > and that wharforj-cf King commands y wee arc all bound to obey > whether, it ie good or evilly and hath openly affirmed, that B Bu?gcry is m? Jinm\ t 2J flnnt', fcid is a ufiull frequenter of Alc-houfes and a great drinker. 2. The ftipend of Uhn Aymes Curate of Lewis m Kent, is fe- «jueftred,for that he is a common drunkard, a common haunter of Ale-houfes, and a common fwearer : and hath affirmed the Parliaments be a Round beaded Parliament, and 'that their he fi'wld be all Jhortly chopt off, and tnfTied., that the King might grind them in pieces Ike a Potters veffe/l, and for above fifteen weeks hath altogether deforced hi- Cure. 3. The Benefice of Charles Forbench Parfon of Hrny in the County ofTsjjWfrj was fequeftred , becaufe hee is a common fwearcr, oftentimes breaking forth into fearfull oaths and im- prccatiens, and very careleite of his pHtorall function, and Yvholy neglcdteth the oblervingof the monthly V iff, fetting his men to plow, himfel&alfb working -on thefc dayes in the £$\ds, and ti^tkiwrn^ hi} andthat he was put to death wrongfully by the Parliament 4. The Benefice of Stephen Withers Parfon of Klvedm'miiic County ofEffex, is fequeftred^for that he hath folicitcd often- times the wife of Philip Glafcomb to commix adultery with him, and divers other women, affirming it tobenofwto lie with them. And hath not only pra&ifed Aftar-worfhip, but urged his people to receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper at the rails, and in his Church .read ihe Bookc for prophanation of the Sabbath by Sports^ and will not fuffsr. his people to have above one Sermon on the Lords day, though at their charge 5 and hath exprefTed great malignity to the. Parliament.. 5. The Benefice of Emanuel Uty y Do&orin Divinityjtcftor of the Parifh Church of Chigwelin the County of E(fex,isfc- ijueftredj for that he affirmed,/^? there hath been no true Reli- gion in England thefg. forty yeares, and that he lovedthe Pipe vritk all his heart,, peremptorily maintaining that whatsoever men of holy Orders fpeake , they fpeake by divine infpi ration^ and thai if the Devi/l himfelf would have holy orders put on him, he would be infyind by the holy €ho(i^r\d hath denied the Kings fuprcmacy, and I exalted the power of Bifhops above the Authority of the Prince, affirming them to bee the head of the Church • and blafphemoufly broached, That the command of the Arch-bifhof of Canterbnricwat to be equally obeyed with the Word of God^ %n& hath declaimed againft the Authority ot Parliament:, and affir- med ,That the Parliament -men are Uechanicks and illiterate , and have nothing to doe to intermeddle in matters of Religion. 6. The Benefice of Edward Cherry , Redox of theParifh Church of cttuch~ho/!and in the County of Effex, is fequeftred > for that he ufually boweth 12 times towards the Eaft, when he goeth into the Chancell 5 and his Sermons which were rarely above one a moneth,moftly tend to the upholding and preflm£ of that and the like fuperftitious Innovations,and hath ref ufed to give the Sacrament to thofe.of his Parilhioners that would notcomcuptothcrailes to receive it \ and hath taught in hrs Scm\ons,That Baptifme wafheth away originallfnne, and that all men may befaved if they will, and have free-will thereunto , and hath been very often duink $ and affirmed, that a man may more lawfully flay y game and drink in an ^Ale-houfe on a Sur.day, than tn any other day . and hath publifhcd a very icandalons Libell a- gainftthcEarle of fjtfex, Earle of Warw.ck, and Earlc of Hol- land '.and hath affirmed,T^tf he never knew any good t he Par I la- ment did^unleffett were to rob theCountrey, and pick their fur fes 9 and hath deferred his faid Cure for above a ycare laft pad, lea- ving the fame wholly unfupplyed, and is reputed to h. ve beta- ken himfclf to the Army railed againft the Parliament. 7. The Benefice oiThomas Thrall^/icav of the par.fliChirch ot S. MavylUunt-thaw London, is fequeftred, for that hce hath neither preacked nor Catechized on the Lords day in the after- noon,nor fuffercd his Parishioners to have any to performc the iame 5 though they have defired it at their ownc a arge • And is a common haunter of Taverns and Alc-houfes,fpcnding much of his time there, and hath been often drunk, ana not o ly iea Uigk intheCouutyof E(fex, is fequcftied, for that he is -acommoa frequenter of Ale-houfes, not onely himfclfe fitting dayly tip- ling there, but alfo incouraging others in that bcaftly vice,and hath been ore drunk, aud hathfaid , That the Parliament have more Papijls belonging to them in their Armies, than the King hid about him or in his Army,md that the Parliaments Armie dtdmort hurt than the Cavaliers t and 'that they did none at ail • and hatil publilhcd them to-be Traicours, that lend to orafliftthe Par- liament. 10. The Benefice of Philip Leigh , Vicar of the Parifh Church of Red fame in the County of Hertford js fequcftred, for that he is a common drunkard and haunter of Ale-houfes,ufually drin- kfci£ healths, and prcfling others thereunto, a common fvvearcr and quarreler , and hath expreffed much malignancy againft the Parliament. ii. The Benefices of Francis F other shy Vicar ofS. Clements m Sandmch^nd Parfon of Lingfieed in the County of Kent, are lequcftrcd, for that he is a common drunkard., and common fwearer J wearer and curftr , and hath cxpreffed great malignancy tf- gainft the Parliament, in not only rcfufing to contribute to the publike defence of, but faying , that they that would not lend the Parliament wow;, jhoiddke fent with Ordinances to Hell. 12. Theftipendof Daniel Tutivall Preacher of Suttem HoP picall in the Countie of M.ddlefcx, commonly called Charter- houfe^ is fequeftred, For that he hath been often drunk, and than on the Lords day, and hath taught in his Sermons to the (aid Hotife, that Mofesand Aaron being before them ( meaning t w i Pi£ures (et up in the Chappell ) and the Organs behind th ( newly alio fet up there) they were a happy people, and what grea- ter comfort could men all men have i and hath wholly neglected the observation of the monthly Faft,not preaching thereup and procured fcandalous and -Malignant Mtnlftcis to prea there to corrupt his people. 15. The Benefice oi $dn Gorfuch^Do&ov of Divinity,Recl of the Parifli Church of Walkerne in the County of Hertford^ fcqueftredforih.it he is a common haunter of Ale-houfesand Taverns, and often drunke •_ and oft fittcth gaming whole nights together, md is feldowie in the Pulpit, preaching fc: once a quarter • And hath often denyed many of his Fv eersthc Sacrament of the Lards Supper 5 without any ca lhewn,and refufed to admiuiftcr it to fuch as would not co- up to the railes 5 And endeavoured to hire one JSfow to ndc h Troop-horfe for Prince Rupert ^.o ferve under him against Parliament,fayirrg withall^^ had aftwt'ty nofe lade to (end to Parliament tofeyfon the whole Band, and hath published a wicked Libellagainftth? Parliament ^ That feme of the Lerds whomhrz n&mid, were FQoles, Baflards and Cuckhoulds. 14. The Benefice of Edward Thurrnan^ Reftor of theParii'h Church of Hallingiury in the County of Efpx \ is fequ-cftr^, for that he is a common drunkard, and hath preiented his V :~ rifhioners forgoing from their owne Church to heare Ses- sions, when they had none at heme-, and bath affirmed , < htwwlddrire away all the Puritans aut of his Panfh-.md enforce- 1 Ws parishioners to come to the railcs^nd hath wholly Jefcrted h*s Iai<3 Cure for the fpace of half c a ycaie now .laft" paft. i j.. The Benefice of Robert Snell, Vicar of the Parifh Church *£ CMathwg in the County of : Ejfex, isfequeftred, for that he hath often refufedcoadmintfterchc Sacrament of the Lords SuppeVcofuchof Wis Parifh that refufed to come to therailes to receive it, and there being a Crucifix in the window over the Altar he ufeth to bow towards it, and would not fuffer it to be pulled downe,nctwkhftanding the Order of Parliament for it : And hath taught his people,!^ God hath how an Alt. ir, and that the Table fet Altar -wife, put him in mind of God y to worfhip htm the better, and in adminiftring che Sacrament, called one of the Communicants Puppy, for that being left-handed, he put forth that hand to receive the bread,and caufed the Church- wardens to prefent fuch as would not come up to the railes, to receive therein d kneele before them, and harhexprcfled great Malig- nancy againft the Parliament. 1 6. The Bcnifke of Robert Hiliard^xcvc of the Parifh Church. of Bwell in the County of Surry, is fequeftred, for that he faid, The Parliament is a Parliament for the Devil,and the Devils Court, And that the Petitions of the Parliament to the King , are like the Petitions of Jeroboam to V Vicar o^jMenban in the County ICO^ [7 ) County of Hertford, is fequeftred, for that he is a common Gamefter, a common Ale-houfe haunter, and frequcn.' d*unke,and a common quarreller, and hath called the Pari. - merit Souldiers under the command of his Excellency the Earle of E(fex, Parliament doggs. 1 8. The Benefices of William Van fax, Dodror in Divinity, llettor ok the Parifli Church of S.Peters in Cornhill London^and Vicar of Eafi- Bam in the County or Middlefcx, arc fequeftred, for that he hath refufed to deliver -:he Saci imcnt of the Lords Supper to fuch of his Pariftioners^ as refufed to come up to the raylts, and refufed to let his Parifli have a Lecture on the Lords Day in the after-noon, except he might, have 5o' ,J gi- ven unto him for the fame : And for the fpice of 3. years re- futed tolecfaisParifhioners have a Letfiure on a week day, which was apppynted, and maintenance for the fame given by the will of the dead, and ufeth to prophane the Sabbath-day by playing at Cards^and hath been often drunk in Ale-houfcs and other places,nnd ufually leeketh and hauntcth the company of women, notorioufly fufpeded of incontmency, and intrudes himfclfe into their company, and into the company of other women, walking alone in the ftrects in the dark and twi-light, and tempteth them to uncleanncs, leadipg them into daikpla- ces,& into Taverns, rtj for fuch works of darknes.and hath ex- preffed great malignity againft the Parliament,and charged cha Parliament to be the caufe of all the trouble, anddijlurbances in tho kingdome, and hath greatly negle&ed his Cure, andinhisab-» fence hath provided icandalous Minifters to fupply the fame* 19. The Benefice of lames Bradfiaw 3 Vicar of the Parifh Church of Chalfent,S. Peters in the Ccuntie of Bucks, is fequc- ftrcd,forthathcisnotoi:ely a pra&ifer and maintains of all tke tare Innovations, but hath alfo preached in his Sermon? That the Ccmmifjartes Courts were thefuburbs ofHedtev, andth- Commijfaries and Officers of that Court , the very ftttremaa'cs^x to Arch- Angels y and that it was a damnable finne for an) wame> ' to that Court not toaffeare^ and that to f reach twite on the Lora ia (8) Jay is n damnable fin, and that u-ufe try prayers beflJes the Book $f Gowmon-prayer, was likew/fe a dwindle fin ,and wifhed , thrall Lecturers were banged. 20. The Bcnificesof Robert Cotcsfvrd^oStoi in Divinity, Rc- &or of the Parifli Church of lladleigh and Menkes Ely in the Ctfumy of Suffolk ,are fequcftrcd,for thkt he is a ftri£ obfervei ofrhc late Innovations,ftill continues bowing toward the Eaft in divine Service, and hath often preached for auricular con- fefsion $ffmnes y and that the reafon why fo man) fall into defpa/re, iSykcaufithej come not to their Ghoflly Father to confeffe their fwncs y and that men have by nature free-will to all good , and that Baptifmedothwajh away originall finne , ex operc operato , and hath been often drunke, confuming his time in tipling and drinking, fomctimes from morning.to night , and hath oft at- rempted the chaftity of his maid-fcrvant,tl>at flic could aot live in the houfe for him , and feldome preacheth 5 and for five Months laft paft , wholly deferted hisTaid Cures, fo that the Chiirh- wardens were inforced through his default, to make fome provifion for the faidCure o£ Hadlcigh^nd hath not only refufed to read the Declarations of Parliament , and elpecially that of the 22. of October 1643. concerning his Majeftics Commiffions granted to Papifts to raifc forces, commanded to be read in Churches,but hath expreffed othcrwifc great malig- nity againft the Parliament and the proceedings thereof. 21. ThzVycnQficcs of Nicholas Jndnwes ^ Do&or in Divini- nity , Re3or of the Parifh Churches oiGmlford^ and Vicar of Codalmine in the County of Surrey , are ftqueftred , for that he is not only negligent in preaching himfclfc \ bijt hath alfo ex- preffed himfclfe to be an enemy co frequent preaching, inveigh- ing in his Sermons againft long Scrmojis , iayinc; > that Peters (word cat off but one eare^ but long Sermirns like long Swords , cut off both at once ,and that the furfet of the Word is of a:! mofi danger or fs^ and that thcfitliefl creatures have ion gefc cares , and that preaching was the worftpm of God, wsr^ip \ '? out xny thing, hewoM leave Vlti that, and rel-liie.i to give the Parifhioflers leave *?/•' (9) leave to have a Le&urer to preach unto them, and hath prefenc ted his Parifhioners that went to heare Sermons at other Chur- ches, when they had no preaching at home 5 and caufed the Church-wardens andSidef-men to be prefented, for not pre- fenting fuch into the Ecclefiafticall court: And in delivering the Bread in the Sacrament, he elevateth it t lookes upon it, ana bowes low unto it, and ufeth other frequent bowing in admi- niftring the Sacrament • and in his Sermons greatly exclaimes againft that Do&rin which teacheth, that the greatest fart of the world jhould be damned, and frequenteth Tavernes, and con- fumes his time in fitting and tipling there: And hath refufed to publifh the Order of Parliament, concerning the remo- vail of fuperftitious andIdolatrouspiclur.es and Images, and hath fubftituted to officiate for him in the fai'd Cure, very fcan- dalousand Malignant Curates, viz. Smock, Lever land, Paftor- loe, Heath, and one Blan^who is in the Army raifed againft the Parliament, and when ms people have propounded honeftand Orthodox men to be his Curates,hehath refufed them. 22. The Benefice of BphraimVdall, Re&or of the Pariih Church of S.Auflins London, is fequeftred, for that he hath af- firmed, That the great reformers of the Church now were Hypo- crites • and hath «iaae,framed and publifhed a Booke, intituled, Noli me tmgere, without Licence, Charging the Parliament with Sacriledge, in endeavouring to abolifh Epifcopacy, and to take away the Lands of Deanes and Chapters, to amend therewith the maintenance of preaching Minifters, and that they have thereby brought a Nationall finne upon the Land, as was formerly done by them in taking away the Monasteries s and that an uncle ane ^ir it did breathe thefe things into their minds, a devout Devill, pretending care of Gods fcr vice, and that all their goodly pretences are h poor iticall, and the maske of vile iniquity and holy theft •, and that it is a thingjenfelefie, that Lay -men (houldhave any ' Tithes, and that Tithes are Jure cfivino, and that to alien the Lands ef CathedralL Churches, to maintaine preaching Minisiers, u, t9 pervert the will of the dead that, gave thein- and otherwifeex- C preffed (10) prefled great Malignancy againft the Parliament. The Benefices of Ieoferis, Do&or in Divinity, Vicar of the Parifh Churches of Fever/ham and Ticehurfl in the County of Keut,4xz fequeftred, for that he hath preached,?**/* the King may take not only part, hut the whole of his fubj'ecJs E Hates, if it fleafe hlm^ And in the fame Sermon wifhed, that evdl might ■ befall t ho fe that went about to take away governement by Bifhops, which had its pi at -forme from Heaven, and that the %o - vernementby Bifhops, Vr lefts and Deacons under, thcGofbell, was from God, as under the Law, the governement of High- triers, Friefts and Levi tes > and that he knew not from whence the Presbitc- rian governement came, but from Corah, Dathan and. Abiram r And hath oppofed and hindered the Lefturer from pleaching aLe&ure in the (aid Church, although appointed by the Houfe of Commons thereunto • And {aid of the Parliament, That Schifrnatica.il and Pragmatic all fellowes were met together to make new Lawes, and he hath negle&ed thr monethly Faft, and the Lords day, there having been for divers Sabbaths,neither prea- ching nor prayers in the faid Church, and hath deferted his laid Cure, for the fpace of half e a yeare now laft paft. 24. The Benefice of lames Mountford, Re&or of the Parifh Church oiTewing in the County of Hertford, is fequeftred, for that he hath refufed to deliver the Sacrament to his Parishio- ners,- for not coming up to therailes, though fome of them begged imvirhteares, and openly reviled them for not confor- ming to that fuperftitious Innovation^ calling them Jjoegs, Rogues and Begger*, and preferred them to the Commiffaries Court for the lame, to their great damage and vexation •, and hath published in his Church the Booke of Sports on the Lords day, and commended the fame, and hath publikely in his Ser- mons affirmed, That preaching is not nece(jary for the fancitfea- thnof the Sabbath, and that the Sabbath was made for Mini Tiers to-rcfl in as well as for the people, and that Laymen ought not to meddle with, the Scriptures, but muH beleeveasthe Church beleeves, which Church he made lobe Arch -bipwpsznd Bifhops • And the P^-; do therailes being removed, he placed formes inftead of thewi, making his people kneele at them to receive the Lords Supper: And hath preached, That if the King jhouldfet up flat idolatry, we ought tofubmit, and not to take- up Armes,as Jome doe now ; and en- veighed againft the Parliament, for endeavouring to take away Epifcopacy, and hath not only refufed to joyne in the publike defence,but hath alfo difcouraged fuchas have fo done. 25. The Benefice of John Peckham, Reftor of the P^rifh Church oiHosieedeparva, in the County ofSvflex, who giveth out that he is the Kings Chaplaine, is fequeftred, for that he hath been very negligent in his Cure, abfenring himfelfe from his Parifhioners, fometimesa whole Moneth together, without leaving any to Officiate for him, and hath refufed to admini- fter the Lords Supper to thofe of hisParifh that would not come up to the Railes-, and is a common drunkard, and noto- rious adulterer and uncleane perfon, having drawne divers wo- men to commit uncleanneffe with him, and hath bragged, imt he could lie with women, and never get them with child, and hath ufed fordid and beaftly carriages towards women, to intice them to fatisfie his luft^ notto be named among the Heathen, and hath expreffed great malignity againft the Parliament and proceedings thereof, and hath affirme'd publikely, that a. man m'tghtlivetnmurther, adultery and other grc(fe flnnes fr^m day to day, and yet be atrue penitent per [on. 26. The ftipend of John Kidd, Curate of Bgerton in the County of Kent, is fequeftred, for that hepreachethnottohis Parifh above once in a fort-night, fometimes not once in a Moneth,ortwoMoneths,though there be inthe faidParifhneere 400. Communicants, nor provided any other to inftrudl them, and hath ufed frequent and unreafonable bowing to the Com- munion-Table in hisfaid Church, and perfwaded his people fo to doe, and called them openly unr ever ent Puppies thatpaffed by it without fuch bowing, and in adminiftring the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, when he had received himfelfe, and was going to adminifter the Bread to his people, affaulted one ofjtfre C2 ~ ..1- Communicants, and pulled him by thehaireof the head, and thruft him out of the Church and Congregation without any juft caufe, and hath never preached to his Parifhioners upon any of the Faft dayes. 27. The Benefice of Griffith Roberts ; Vicar of the Parifli Church of Ridge in the County oi Hertford, is fequeftred, for that he hath not only pra&ifed the late Innovations, and neg- le&ed the publikeTaft, and imployed his neighbours to carry home wood for him upon a Fall day, but hath openly decla- red the Earle of Efiex and all his followers, and Armies of the Parliament to be Traitours, and that whofoever fent Htrfes, Mo- my or Plate to the Parliament, were alfo Traitours, and that tins Land was governed' by Children and Fooles, and that the Parlia- ment had done that that they mttft die for, even the be [I of them, if ever the Larves werefetled, and that the faid Roberts is a common drunkard and tipler in Ale-houfes,and drinker of healths, quar- relling with them that will not pledge him therein. 2 8. The Benefice of Peter Danfon^Jicxx of the Pariih Church of Camberwe/lin the County of Surry, is fequeftred, for that he is a common drunkard, and drunke at the times of his officia- ting at Burials and B^ptizircgs 5 and hath by hi-s debaufhed converfation, difabled himfelfe from preaching, and hath not preached for thefe i2.yeares and upwards, and did proteft and hide a Romifh Prieft in his houfe, f rom tfie Officers that eametofeekhim, and hath extorted undue and unreasonable fees from his Parifhioners, and after the adminiftring of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, expended the money given to the poore in Sack, and dranke it in the Church-, And in deli- vering the Sacrament to one Miftris Wtlfon, one of his Parifhi- oners, caft the Bread upon the ground,faying to hzxjake it there if thou wilt have it, and is a common curfer and fwearer, and hath read in his Church his Majefties Declaration againftthe Parliament, concerning Levies-, and being told of an Ordi- nance of Parliament againft the reading of fuch things, anfwe- itd^S* cared wt for it. iff. The m ( 13) 29. The Benefice of John Mountford, Do&or in Divinity* Re&orofthe Parifh Church of Aufiie in the County o( Hert- ford, is fequeftred, for that he hath introduced into his faid Church and other Churches, a turning of the Communion- Table Altar-wife, and having a great Crucifix and Picture of the Virgin Mary in the Eaft-vvindow over the faid Table, ufed bowings and cringings before the (aid Table and Crucifix fee Altar-wife, and caufed the faid Table to be railed in, and the Jefuits Badge to be fet upon the Carpet there, compelled the people to come up to the railes,* there tokneele to receive the Sacrament, teaching them, that God was alwayes prefent at the Alwr by the presence of his grace, and was therefore to be bowed unto, and in his going up to the Table to reade f econd Service, ufual- ly caufed that part of the43.f/i/w will (xtf) will want ofhU will, but he mil put by preaching in the after -noone, himfelfe being a Judge in the Ecclefiafticall Court • And he is anencourager-Ofprophaning the Lords-day, lending then for Cudgelsfor his people to play withall-,and being preient himfelf at the Cudgell playing : And hath exprefled great malignance againftthe Parliament. 33. Th??>zmRct of Black Novelty, alias .Not If in the Coun- tie ofEjfex, is fequeftred from -Jofcph Plumm Parfon thereof, . for that he is a common Ale-houfe andf Taverne-haunter , and hath beene divers times drunke, and not onely ufed fuperftiti- ous bowing himfelfe at the Name Jefus, but hath prefented the Church-wardens for not bowing, and .threatned his Pa- rifhioners, becaufetheyrefufedit, commanding his Church- wardens to looke to them, and hath abfented himfelfe from his faid Cure, for the fpace of eighteene weekes laft part, and is re- ported to have betaken himfelfe to the army of the Cavaleers, and hathotherwife expreffed great malignity againfl the Parlia- ment. 34. The Benefice of William Graunt y Vicar of the Pariih Church of Ijilworth in the County olMtddlefex , is fequeftred, for that he hath called the finging Pfalmes, Hopkins Iigges^ And affirmed, That he' had rather heare a paire of Organs ten to ones, then the ftngingofthenr-, And hath read the Declarations and Proclamations, let forth by hisMajeftie againfl: the Parlia- ment in his Churchy and hath refilled to reade the Ordinances of Parliament, enjoyned to be read, and hath often preached againfl: the prefent Defenfive Warre, averring the fame to be againfl: the Kings Perfon, and wifhing, their hands might rot off, that fhould be lift up therein, and preached in like manner before fome Regiments of the Parliament fouldiers, and hath alio preached, That they that went about to change the Lawes and Co- vernement of the Church and Ceremonies, would at hfi change t heir Religion too t And hath abfented himfelfe from his faid Cure e- ver fince the Kings Forces were at Branford, and hath faid,7"4tf the Court of Parliament, was aCourt of no equtiie, and affirmed, the r£f marrying of the Clergie to be the undoing of them , ***/ f &tf it would never be well with our Churchy untill auricular Csnfeffionbc^f fct up againein it. And is a common haunter of Ale-houfes and Tavernes, and that on the Lords-day, even fince the Order of Parliament for obferving the Lords-day, and hath beene often drunke, and that many times in one weeke % And that he com- plained , that all %ood fellow firip was laid a fide in his Pari ft, but h^j would bring it in agdine and maintaine it , and invited and enter- tained all he could procure, to come to his houfe on Sundayes after prayers, tofittherewithhimand confume their time in drinking and t ipling . 35. The Benefice of Henry Hancocks, Vicar of the Parifh Church of Fornax-Pelham in the County of Hertford, is feque- ftred, for that he hath preached, That it is as law full for a woman ifjhe dijlike her Husband, to have him, and take another, as for one togoe out of his Parifh to heare another Minifler \ And that to goe to another Church, was as the finne of Witch-craft and Idolatry,- and filleth as well his Sermons as his ordinary difcourfes, with bit- ter inve&ives and {landers againft thole that are religioufly af- fected, efpecially prefenting them under the names of Puritans and Round-heads, and hath faid in his Sermons, That the pu- ritans forced the Parliament to make Lowes according to then own font* fief, and not according to the Law of God h And after the fight at Edge-hill, faid in his Sermon, That he was overjoyed, to thinke that Godfhouldput it into the heart of the King, to fight the Lords hattell on the Lords day, to uphold the ouldantient Catholike Faith; And fearing the pulling up of the railes about the Commu- nion-Table, he walked with his Sword about the Church-yard in the night, faying, he would rather loofe his life, then fnffer t hem- to bepula up, and that if the B i (loops Jhould command him to we art a Kettle upon his head, he would doe it, and is a common tipler and haunter, of Ale-houfes, and a prophane (wearer of bloudy oathes. 36. The Benefice of Alexander Clarke, Vicar of the Parifh Church ofBredjieldin the County of Suffolk, is fequeftred, for D that that he hath ufed very frequent bowing to the Altar, in his gQ* ing and returning from it, and hath prefted the obferving there- of upon his Parifhioners, and refuted to let the Church-war- dens levell die ground where the Altar flood,, becaufe it was holy and confecrated, and not fit to be thro wne out or mixed with common earth, and hath enveighed in his Sermons a- gainfl praying by the Spirit, calling it a Monster f one eived,bo'-ne , and dying all in an instant,, arrd hath read the Booke of. Sports on the Lords day, and incouraged his Parifhioners to obferva the fame, telling them,, that it was fitter to flay and follow their, bnfmeffeon the Lords day then on holy day es,, and hath publike:)* fported himfelie with his Parifhioners on the Lords dayes ac Barly-breake, and hath taught to the people, that he hath ah fohrtp power to forgive fwn:s^ blaming them that they did not fend for tkr^r ghoflly Father to hzve them forgiven, and hath feldome obfervedthe monethly Fail: enjoyned by Parliament, and hath endeavoured to draw his Parifhioners to the Forces railed a-r gainfl the Parliament, affirming, that the Parliament had driven the King away from them, and that the proceedings of them about the King were ]uf,. and that there was not aPApiftneerehim-^ And hath affirmed, that the Earle ofStrafford did die wrongfully, and that the Parliament put him to death without a caufe^ and hathfpo- ken reproachfully of the Earle oiPembrooke, and hath threatned his neighbours to give a lift of the Namesofthem to the King, that.incoaraged any to c ontribute to the Parliament. 37. The Benefice of Zachary Tutfliam; Vicar of the Parifh Church of Dallington in the County ofSufiex>\s fequeftred, for that he is a common drunkard, and hath folicitedthe cha- ftity of one Alice Thorpe, and is a common quarreller, and did way-lay one Edmund Gore about mid-night, and fell upon him, and beate him, and hath greatly neglecled his Cure, fometimes deferting the fame, for two-Moneths together without any fup- ply, and hathfpoken very difgracefully of the Earle of Ejfex, arid expreffed great malignity againfl theParliament, $8. The Benefice of Nicholas Wright, Do&or in Divinity^ Reftor He&or of the Parifli Church of Thoydon-Gantev'm the County of Efax? is fequeftred, for that he hath not preached above twice or thrice a yeare to his Panfhioners, and yet hath prefen- ted divers of them, and put them to great charges in the fcccle- fiafticaU Courts,for going to heare Sermons in other Churches when they had none at home, and brought ' alfo fuch Mini- fters as they heard Co preach into trouble 5 And hath procured the Communion-Table to be fee Altar-wife, with fteppstoit, and railes about it, and conftantly bowed towards it at his coming and going out of the Church,refufing to adminifter the Sacrament to divers of his Parifhioneis without any caufe, other then his own wilfulnefte, and read the Booke for Sports •on the Lords day in his (aid Church, and preached to main- taine thelawfulnefTe of it, bymeanes whereof the Lords day hath ever fince been much prophaned,by Foot-ball playing and other ungodly pradtifes, and hath deferted bis faid Cure ever fincef/Ww-Sundaylaft, aud betaken himfelfe to the Army of the Cavaleeres, and is in a&uall War againft the Parliament and Kingdome. And hath brought and continued long under him for his Curate, a drunken, lewd and fcandalous perfon, that hath been indited and found guilty at the SefTions for a common drunkard. 39. The Benefice of John Woodcock, Vicar of the Parifli Church ofElham in the County of Kent^ is fequeftred, for that he is a common frequenter of Ale-houfes, and commonly drunke, and.abufeth them that will not keepe company with, him at the Ale-houfe, and is a common fwearer, by Wounds, Bloud, and other like execrable Oathes, and a common curfer, and hath deferred his faid Cure ever fince the firft of Jugujlhft, and hath expreffed great Malignity againft the Parliament and the proceedings thereof. 4o#The Benefice of John Manby, Do&or in Divinity,Redor of the Parifli Church of Coitmham in the County of Cambridge, is fequeftred, for that while the Table was fet Altar-wife, he did conftantly bow to it eight or nine times in afore-nekme, D 2 and and though he knew that the Parifhioners could notheare him, yet did ahvayes reade fecond Service at the Altar, and affirmed, That it was no matter whether they heard or not, for he frayed for them at the Altar, which vfzsfianttum Sanctorum, and affirmed, 'That God was there more peculiarly prefent, then in any other place of the Church, and hath preffed his people in his Sermons, That they ought to bring their offerings to the Altar, and offer them there to him^ for that he was there in Gods flead to receive them y and preached, That he had power not only to pronounce absolution, but had undoubted power. to for give fmnes, and that the fame wm gi- ven him by the Bijhops laying on of hand% and that the Holy-day es ought to be kept with as much reverence as the Lords day, and that he read the late new Cannons, and exhorted the people to re-* ceive and obferve them as Scripture, affirming them to be drawn out of Scripture ; And refufed to Baptife children brought to the Church on the Lords day at evening Prayer, though earneftly defired, giving no otherreafonforit,bi!tbe- caufeitwas not hispleafure, and hath preached openly, That Ecclefiaflicall governemznt doth not belong to the King% but as the King had power to make Laives to gov erne the Temporall efiate by > fo the Prelates had power to make Lawes andgoverne in Ecclefiafti- c all things, and hath affirmed, that he ought not to be judged by a temporall Magiflrate, and is a common fwearer and curfer, Woundes and Blond, and Pox a?)d Plague, and fiich like horrid oathes and curfes doe commonlyproceedoutof his mouth,and did bragge, that he hath out-fworne a great fwearer, and is a fre- quent Gamefter,even upon the Lords dayes, and when the late Innovations were growing to an height in the Church, he did openly fay in the faid Church, That the Kingdome had been go* verned by Puritans, but now he hoped they would be rightly gover- ned, and hath read in his faid Church, all fuch Declarations and Proclamations as came forth in the Kings name, arwl refu- fed to reade the O refinances of Parliament, or to contribute to the Parliament,or aifociate for the publike defence. 41. The Benefice of Willi am Muff et, Vicar of the Parifh Churck ***-/■• (21) Church o£ Edmonton in the County of Middlefix, is fequeflxe J,- for that he is a common frequenter of Tavernes and Ale- houfes, and a common fwearer, curfer and blafphemer, and is a common fighter and quarreller, not [paring his Majefties Of- ficers, and is commonly drunke, and fcarcely fober at all, but when he wanteth money to confume in drinke, and in his drun- kenneffe, goeth up and "downe the {aid Towne, breaking glaffe windowes,which hathcofthimtwentyihillingsata time tore- paire,and is a common drinker of healths, and forcer of others to doe the fame, and hath expreflfed great malignancy againft the Parliament. 42. The Benefice of IohnDenn^ Vicar of the Parifh Church of Dart ford in the County of Kent, is fequeftred, for that he is a common Ale-houfe and Taverne haunter, and commonly drunke, and on Sabbath dayes, ufeth to fit till twelve of the clock at night, fending for bottles of Wine, and clubbing, and in a Sermon, defcribed a drunkard to be only fab an one m lies in the Cart-way , foaming at mouth, and not able to remove from the Cart-wheeles, and refufeth to preach on the Lords dayes, and Faft dayes, and is unwilling to fuffer any to doe the fame, and hath exprefled great malignity againft the Parliament, and the proceedings thereof. 45 .TheBenefice of Richard Tanton^V^vfon of theParifliChurch of Ardingly in the County of Sufiex, is fequeftred, for that hee is a common drunkard and Ale-houfe haunter, and in his Ser- mons hath wiflbed, That every kneemight rot that would not bow *t the name Iefus, and hath read in the laid Church, Declarati- ons in his Majefties name for raifing of horfe and money to maintaine warreagainft the Parliament, and againft the Militia, and hath ftirred up his Parifhionersto joyne with the Kings for- ces, and hath affirmed, That he would beare out his Curate in refu- fing to deliver the Sacrament to fuch of his Parifh , as would not come to the Railcs to receive the SAcrament of the Lords Sup* 44.TheBencfice of Thomas KjngyVicw of theParifli Church of D 3 . Chefill Chefill magna in the County of Effex, is fequeftrec!,forthat he 8 a common frequenter of Ale-houfes and Tavernes , and very frequently drunke , even upon Fafting-dayes, and upon the Lords-day, and hath refufed to deliver the Sacrament of the Lords-Supper for divers yeares to his Parifhioners that would not come up to the Railes, having fet up the Table Akar-wife, andufed bowing and cringing to it, although they did upon their knees intreate it at his hands in the Chancell, where they were wont before to receive it, and hath deferted his Cure for a- bove three months, and did reade the book of fportes in his faid Church for prophaning of the Sabbath. 45. The Benefice of Edward Alfton , Parfon of the Parifli Church of Pentloe in the County of Efiex, is fequeftred, for that he hath attempted the chaftity of fome women, and hath ufed very unchaft demeanours towards other women, fnatch- ingahandkerchiefe.from one, and thrufting it into his bree- ches, af\d forcing her hand after it, and putting his yard into her hand, pulling up the coates of another, and thrufting his hand into the placket of another, and ufing other wicked temp- tations, todrawthemtohisluft, and was a forward maintai- ner and prafticer ofthe late illegal'! Innovations, and hath ex- prefTed great Malignancy againft the Parliament • affirming, 'That they fate to make Lawes by authorities and brake them without authority j which was mcere hypocrify. And in his Pulpit fpake againft the prefentdefenfivewarre, protefting that now when every child lift up his Sword to flied innocent bloud, it was high time for him to lift up his voyce like a trumpet • And did reade in his Church Declarations fet out in his Majefties name, but refufed to reade any Declarations of Parliament. And at Chrift- mas w^s 12. moneth having appointed a Communion, and ali things were ready fork, and the Parifhioners prepared, he tur- ned his backe and went away, refufing to deliver it, becaufe the Surplice was not there. And falfly affirmed, That thes Parliament gathered great furmncs of money to enrich their own *, Curate of- the Pa- rhh Church of Stroode neare Rochester in the County of Kept, is fequeftred, for that he is a common drunkard and frequenter of Ale-houfes and Tavernes, drawing others to the fame ex- ceiTe with him, and is a common fwearer by bloudy oatkes,and ufeth to curfe, and is a common quarreller and fighter, and laid, That he [corned the Parliaments and that the Parliament -men were net GemUmcn of 'quality , and hath otherwife exprefted great malignity againft the Parliament. 5 r- The Benefice of KichoLu Lowes, Vicar of the Parifh Churc^i of yfuch-Bently in the County oiEjfex^ is fequeftred, forthathehath beene often drunke, and ufeth to fit tiplingin Ale-houfes (txtn or eight houres together, even on the Lords cayes,and affirmed,T/jtff he hoped to fee them all hanged that hadfet their hands agatnii fttfhofs and Papijh^znd he and by his exam- ple the people ipend the greateftpart of the Lords day inpa- ftimes and drinking at the Ale-houfe, and hath expreffed great majjgnancy againft the Parliament. 5:. The Benefice of William Evans^ Parfon of thePariih Church oiSandcrofi in the County of Suffolk, is iequeftred, for that he is a common Ale-houfe haunter, and notorious drun- kard and campanion of Ale-houfe haunters, and hath altoge- ther negleded the publike Faft, even fiace the Order of Par- liament for the better obfervation thereof, and fpent the fame dayes, or the greater part of them in Ale-houfes, and wholy neglected to preach in the after-noones on the Lords day, or to (lifter anv other to doe it-, And hath driven divers of his Pari- ihioners out of the Parilh, by profecutingthem in theEcclefia- fticill Courts, for going to other Churches to heare Sermons, when himfelfe preached not, and in his Pulpit delivered, That ■ did give or lend to the Parliament, wen occur fed, and infteed of a Sermon on the Lords day, read to his people a De- claration let foith in his Majefties twme, concerning the Mi- lit id, the Ships, Forts, and Town of Hull. 5 3 . The Benefice of Tohn Squire, Vicar of the Parifh Church oishorditch in the Coumie of Middle fex ,is fequeftred, for that he hath publikely in his Sermons affirmed, f A* Papifts to be the Kings befl Subjects, for their Loyalty, and for their liberality, and thai like Arauna, many had given like Kings to the King, to main- tain his Honour againjl the rebellious Scots, and for their patience, that enduring the many grievances under his Maiejlyjhcy had buri e d all in oblivion, and the Proteftants would afford him nothing but ma Legal! way, yea but in their own way, and exhorting that n6 ne jhould come to the Sacrament, unlejje they werefo affetfed to his Ma- teflie ds the Papifls were, and compared his Maiejty, to the man that went from Hieruftlem to Iericho , and fell among theeves , that wounded him of his Honour, robbed him of his Cafiles, and hearts of his people, the Priefl pafsing by, was the Protejlant, the forward pro* feffour the Levite,but the Papift was the good Samavitanc,efp£cially the Irifh Papifls and that the Subiecls, and all they have, are at the Kings command. 54. The Benefice of John Clarke,Kcd:ov of the Parifh Church of S.Bthelburrough within Bifhops-gate London ,is fequeftred, for that he hath endeavoured to corrupt his auditory with the lea- ven of Popifh &o(kx\x\z,that the Bread and Wine after the words of confecratien,ceafe to be Bread and Wtne , and differ fyecicfrom what they were before, and that the Virgin Mary was the Window of Heaven, and the very clouts and raggs wherein Chrifl was wrapped, were glorions rags , and that the Cro(fe w heron Chrifl was crucified, was made of four forts ofwood,&that he is a common haunter of Tavcrnes and Ale-houfcs,and ufeth to fit tipling there till he . be druake,and hath expreft great malignitie againft the Power and proceedings of Parliament, faying, That the Parliament could not meddle or fettle the bufweffe of the Church, they being not Schollers, but Mechanic^ men. 55, The Benefice o£ Richard Nicholfon,Vzrfon of the Pariili . Chinch of Stapleford Tawny in the County ofEjfex, is feque- ftred, for that he is a common drunkard and fwearer, and hath E exprefled expreffed great Malignancy againft the Parliament, fayin?, 7 hey were a company of Factious felh\ves y and that this Parliament is no Parliament, and that the major part of the Lords and Commons being with the King, they were the Parliament, and ufed divers other wicked fpeeches againft the Parliament, and againft fe- verall Lords in the Houfe of Peeres,and had three wicked and fcandalous Libells againft the Parliament found in his. Study, and did fing one of them in an Ale-houfc. $6. The Benefice of Francis Wrih/tions,,and hath been very negligent in his Cure, oft absenting himfelf from it for many weeks together, and leaving the fame in his ahience, to very fcandalous Curates, and hath wholly deferted his faid Cure, for above nine weeks laft paft,and hath expreffed great malig- nancy againft the Parliament. 58. The Benefice of Thomas Goade, of the Parifh Church of Eafi-Uatly ia the County of Cambridge , is fequc- fhed, for that he was for his fcandalous life and mifdeiiiea- nours, deprived of his Benefice at Guningfon in the County of Nottingham,'zhout 20. yeers fince, and hath not fince reform- ed his life, but is ft ill a common .frequenter of Ale-hou- fes, and very often drunke, and oft on the Lords day $ And onNcwyeers-day was twelve-monech, the S°crament of the Lords Supper being to be adminiftred in his Church, he came from an Alc-houfe where he had .-been all night , and was fo drunk, that he fell down twice or thrice in the.pre fence of the Tarifhioncrs, who expefted him at the Church-door ■-, And hath been oft likewiie drunk when he fhould have been •preaching, and taken up drunk in the Church-yard coming to perform that duty,-by reafon w T hereof, divers times his Parir fhioners have had neither prayers nor preaching on the Lords day • Pfhd hath oft face Co long drinking, that he hath bepift hinifelf, and fometim-esthc room where he fate,and is an out- ragioiis common fwearer and curler, and in his Tipling ufcth to fay, Now Devill ? dothj)vorJl\ and cauied his feryants to go J* 'to '(28) *^ v to their earthly labours upon the Faft-dayes, and finding his neighbours Hoggs trefpamng , wifhed the plague of God in Hell might take her and her Hoggs ^ and hath been a great pra&ifer and preflerofthclateillegall Innovations in the Worfhip of God 3 And becaufe his Parifhioners would not come up to the Railes to receive, caufed the Parifh- Clarke to carry away the Bread and Wine^and hath exprefTed great malignancy againft the Parliament. 5P. The Benefice of Nicholas King, Vicar of Friflon and Sfldpemthe County Suffolk, isfequeftred,forthat he is a com- mon Ale-houfe haunter, and companion of fcandalous per- fons^and men of evillfame, and oft drunk, and attempted the chaftity of Elizabeth Scotcbmer, who going to his houfe to pay him fome monies, he inticed her to lye'withhim, and did ftrive a long time with her to abufe her by force, and would have corrupted her thereunto with moneys, but fhe protefting unto him fhe would not fell her foul to the Devil for money, he replied to her, She vf t ts a feoffor God did forgive the greateft finnersy and hath exprefTed great malignancy againft the Par- liament. 60. The Benefice of Edward Turner, Parfon of the Parifh Church of S. Lawrence in the County of E(J ex, is fequeftred, for that he is a common fwearer,& common Ale-houfe haun- ter^and ftrong to bear ftrong drinke,and ufcth to fit five or fix hours together tipling at Taverns,fometimcs whole dayes and nights tipling and drinking, and fometimes drunke, a com- mon pra&ifer and preffcr of the late illegall Innovations, and hath deferted his Cure for the fpace of a yeer now laft paft. 61 The Benefice oilohn W?/&,Parfbn of the Parifh Church of Shimpli 7? in the County of Suffolk, is fequeftred, for that he is a common Ale-houfe haunter and common drunkard , and inhisdrunkennefle hath layne abroad in the fieldsf loft his feat, fallen into ditches, and fobemired himfelf- that he hath been fain to be wafhed , and hath attempted tne chaftity of divers women, and fold his Calves for kiffes with them, and {£, / having having lockt him/elf up in a Chamber in nn lane with a lewd woman,after a long time the door was broken open upon him, opon his rcfufall to unlock it, and he found in a very fufpitious manner upon a bed with her, after which he conveyed her fe- cretly away, and fent gifts unto her-, And hath amrmed,7&tf the Land was governed by wicked men , and that the Papifls were the Kings beft fubjeffs, and is a common fwearar of very great Oathes. 6z. The Benefice of Thomas Geary , Vicar of the Parifh Church of Beddingfield in the County of Suffolk, is fequeftred, for that he is acomon frequenter of Ale-houfes,often drunke, even to vomit,and hath bin and is a common fwcarer of bloo- dy oathes,and curfer in a fearfull manner, as Goddamne me, the Devilldamne me, refufed to preach for many Sabbath daies to- gether, and faid, he thought preaching would do his Pariftn oners no good y and ufeth in his Sermons to raile upon his Parishioners^ calling them, fowded Piggs, bur ft en Kammes, and fpeckled Frogs, and one of the chief women of the Parifh, greatly grieved at fuch mifcarriages, and going out of the Church,the faid Geary openly in his Pulpit thereupon faid , that if there were but one Whore in the Parifh y Jhe would kick and fling, and nevez keepe her feat, and affirmed, that he had absolute power to forgive finrns, and faid, that though this doctrine had laine hid for many yeers y yet he bleffed God that it was now revived againe • and on a Faft- day difheartned men from attending on that facredOrdinance, and was a great promoter,pra<5fcifer and urger of the l^e illegal! Innovations, and when the railes were taken away , affirmed, that the place was the worfe fort he want ofthem^nd hatk expref- fed great malignancy againft the Parliament. 63 . The Benefice of Thomas Darnel/, Vicar of the Parifh* Church of Thorpein the County of Effex , is fequeftred, for that he is an ufuall prophaner of the Lords-day, by fports and playes, and by making clean his Cow-houfe and ouc-houfes, and other iikefervile workes, and read the Book of fports on the Lords day ia the Church > with approbation thereof, and Ej is « (30) is icoffimcm Nearer and curfer, and a notorious drunkard and Ale-houfe haunter,even upon the Faft-dayes,and is a common Gameftcr at unlawfull Games., and hath been comrided of in- continency and adultery before Dodtor Warren and others, Juftices of Peace, and began fuit at Law in an aftion of Slan- der for the fame,but durft never proceed therein-, & hath prea- ched, That be that would not conform to hk Prince in any Rcli- fion, ought to be burnt • and was a conftant pra&ifer of the late nnovations,and put fuch of his Parifh from thrSacrament of the Lords Supper, as would not come to receive it at the railes, and hath exprefifed great malignancy asainft the Parliament. 64. The Benefice of fohnWood^Vicar of the Parifh Church b£ Warden in the county of Kent^ is fcqueftred^ for that he did read the Book of fports upon the Lords day in his Parifh Church,and did preach for the maintenance thereof, and is no- torioufly infamous for fundry adulteries, a common Ale-houfe haunter, oft drunke, a common Gamcftcr and quar teller in ga- ming, a great fwearer, and was punifhed at a quarter Seifions far adultery committed with the w r ife of one Prior of the faid Parifh, and having contra&cdone ^Margaret Parks his fer- vant to Thomas Maple fien^ his own Wife happening to die, af- terwards tooke to Wife the faid Jl**rf*w, againft the will of the faid Thomtt Maphfden^ And on the Faft-dayes,ufeth to fit drinking and tipling two or three hours together in an Ale- houfe, in the company of other mens wives, by him feduccd thereuntD, and hath faid. That the Parliament hath no power to do any thing in the Kings abfence^ no more-then a manwnhout a head^ and hath other wife exprefifed great malignity againft the Parliament. 65. The Benefice of Thomas Ueny , Vicar -of the Parifh Church of Arundcllin the County ©f Su(fcx^ feqr.eftred, for that he is a common frequenter or Ale-honies and Tavernes, and hath been often drunke, a common fwearer, and hath' oft procured Ale-houfes to be fet up in by-corners of the faid Towne 3 in defpite of the Magiftrate, and not onely preacheth •very very feldome himfelf, except it be fer fpeciall reward, but re- ftifeth to fuffer others to preach to lis parifhioners,when him- felf doth not,and checks them for defiring preaching fo much, telling them, That he would make them content mth a Homily, and -before he had done with them, rvMld make them glad with me Ser- mon in a moncth : And by his power in the Ecclefiafticall courts,hath caufed fcandalous perfons to be placed for fchooU matters in the Bid Town to corrupt the youth, and hath ex^- prcfTed great malignance againft the Parliament. 66. The Benefice of Erafmus Land, Re«5lor of the Parifh Church of Little-Tey in the county oi^ Effex, is fequeftred,for that he is a comment drunkard, even on the Lords day, theieby diiabling himfelf to officiate ]jis Cure, and fitting drinking late on a Saturday night, was demanded, who fhould preach on the next day,he anfwered, Let the Devil preachy pvt me another cup of fack, and is a common fwearcr, and hath ufed frequent fuperftitions cringing t*o the Altar , and feldome preacheth to his Parifhioners, not above once in five or fix Weeks before the Parliament , and divers time through his negleft , his Church-doores have been fhut up all day on the Lords-dayes' and Faft-dayes, and at thofe times fet his fervants to work,and did work himfelf with them. '67. The Benefice of Anthony Uugget, Parfon of the Parifh Church of the Ciijft in the county of Suffex, is fcqueftred, for that he hath preached, that it was more taw full to fteale,or doe fer vile works upon the Lords day, then to go to other Churches to heare a Sermon, when there was none at home : And hath fued di- vers of his Parifhioners forgoing to other Churches to heare Sermons, when he preached nop, 'and forced two of them to doe Penmnce for it, a-nd to acknowledge openly, That they had offended God in it, and grieved, and gave offence to their fellow- Pa^ rifbioners-, And procured one of them to be exeomunicated for it. And put one Peter Penneil^homhc had y.yeer-s before ad- mitted to the c6mun r ion 5 froitl the Sacrament of the Lords Sup- per/becaufe hc'woulitiat come arndngthe Boyes to be cate- chhtd 5 and likewife refufed to deliver the Sacrament to Wt% li am iV/w//,becaufe he was lame & could not kneel to receirc it. And hath been bound at the gencrall quarter Seffions to his good behaviour for feverallMifdemeanours,and in ftcad of a Sermon on theLords day,did read to his people the late new. Canons,and is greatly fufpe&ed of Incontinency, & hath had the French-pox, and was cured thereof by onc.M.^**/,for 10 pounds promifed him. And the faid tiuggets wife, asking hina forapeeceofGold, which he took from her, and gave to a light woman, in fury he fpurned her on the belly , when flie was quick with childe, fo that lhe was forced prefently to take her chamber,and was delivered of a dead child, notwithftan- dihg which,he vowed he would never have more children by her: And hath wholly deferted fiis Cure for above 6 moncths from the time of the laid fequeftration, and hath been feen in the Army of Cavaliers raifed againft the Parliament. 68. The Benefice o£$ohn Sydall,Vkzr of the Parifh Church oiKenfrvorth in the county or Hertford js fequeftred,for that he fe a common frequenter of ^le-houfes, and commonly drank, and hath feverall times refufed to adminifter the Sacrament to iuch as would not come up to the Railes to receive the famer And when the Rayles were taken away, faid,it was the begin- ning of the abomination of Defolation^ and that Whore-mongers and Drunkards areas excufeahle as thofe that go from their own Farifh to hear Sermons, and that Papifls were better SubieBs then Puritanes: And hath negle&ed his Cure for feverall Lords dayes with- out any fupply, and hath cxpreffed great malignaocy againft the Parliament. 6p> The Benefice of John Pmnew^ Parfbn of the Parifh Church of Kettlebastonin the county of Sufolk, is fequeftred, for that he is a common Ale-houfe haunter,and much given to tipling and drinking,and ufeth to provoke others to the fame, and hath been often-times drunk , and hath preached in his Sermons, That Original fin is wajhed away inBaptifme: And read the book of fports oa the Lords day,and parifhioners to be puniihed in the CornmifTaries court, forgo- ing to heare Sermons in other Churches when they had 'none at homeland hath fundry times vvholy negle&ed the monethly Faft, and employed his fervants in their weekely labours and worke.on the fame^ And hath been a zealous pra&ifer of the late illegall Innovations,and hath vvholy deferted his Cure for halfe a yeare and upwards. 70. The Benefice of leojfrej Anherft^ Do&or inDivinity v Reilorofthe Parifh Church of Horfemauden in the county of Kent, is fequeftred, for that he hath been a diligent pra&ifer of the late illegal! Innovations in the Worfhip of God, and rc- fufed to adminifter the Sacrament to thole that would not come up to the railes, reproaching fuch as would not comply with him in thole Innovations, as fuch as fhall have no part with the Saints in light, nor inherit the Kingdome of Heaven, and is a common 1 wearer and haunter of Afe-houfes, and hath been often and extreamely drunke, and hath wholy deferted his faid Cure for above kvea Moneths laft before the faid fequeftration, and hath exprefled great malignity againft the Parliament. 71. The Benefice of Miles GoultieJJkzv oftheParifti Church of Walt on in the county of Suffolk, is fequeftred, for that he is a great pra&ifer and preffer of the late illegall Innovations in the Worfhip of God, and hath refufed to give the Sacramentto his parifhioners that would not come up .to the railes to receive the fame, and being preffed much by his parifhioners to preach twice a day, or to give them leave to procure one to doe it, he utterly refufed, profetfing he would bring no fuch new orders among them, and in his Sermons ufually enveighs againft his parifhioners for going to heare Sermons at other Churches when they had none at home, and finding his Curate painefull in preaching twice on the Lords day, he put him away, and en- tertained in his roome a moft drunken, fcandalous and idle Cu- rate, and is a common frequenter of Tavernes and Ale-houfes, F fitting (34) fitting tiplingthfcre foureor fivedayesin aweeke, and oft till inid-night,and hath been often drunke,and hath exprefled great malignancy againft the Parliament. 72. The Benefice of Samuel Alfop, Vicar of the Parifh Church oiA'lion in the county oiSufofk, is fequeftred, for that he hath attempted the chaftity of divers married women, and frequented the company of women greatly fufpe&ed to be lewd and of ill fame, and got a maid with child in the houfe where he fojournecl, and hath fetup in hischancell the Je- fuits Badge in gold, in divers places thereof, and hath expyeC fed great malignancy againft the Parliament, and hith wholy deferted his faid Cure tor halfe a yeare laft paft before the faid fequeft ration. 73. The Benefice of Robert Senior, Vicar of the Parifh Church of Peering in the county of Efjcx,. is fequeftred, for that he is a common frequenter of Ale-houfes, and commonly drunke, and hath been admonifhed by his Ordinary for it/atid yet hath not left it, and was for his continuance therein fufpen- ded by the Ordinary, and 3/etftiil perfifteth in the fame, and commonly marries any manner of peribns, even without li- cence,and of the monethly Faft faid,. he wondredwho apox devi- fed it ^ and (ware by his Maker, thxt he would preach no more on it, and hath expreffed great malignancy againft the Parliament, and great affedtion to the Cavaleeres, and Army railed againft the Parliaments more datable to his fpirit. 74. The Benefice of Benry Kykrt^ Parfon of the Parifh Church of S.Katherwc-Coleman London, is fequeftred, for that he got into the faid parifh indirectly , by. meanes of a falfe Certificate^ fubtilly procured by falfe fliggeftions, from-divcrs of the parifhioners of ;he faid parifh, who having complained and Articled againft him and Fercinj all Hill his predeceffor, for great mifdemeanours, pretended that he wa* upon fome hove of preferment elfe where, and that if his parifhioners would fubfcribe ft a Certificate and teflmeniall ef his good behaviour^ theyfhouldbc rid of him, and Jfeving thereby obtained fuch fubkriptions, tha (35) the faid #*// and he went to the Bifhop of £*#*&#, Patron of the laid Church, and the faid Hill to flie from the cendireof Parliament upon the faid Articles, refigned the faid Church, and upon vehement affirmation, that the faid Certificate wo* true and fatrely gotten, procured the faid Bifhop to prefent the faid Kybert to the faid Church, who was thereupon inftituted and induced • And the faid Kjbert is a common frequenter of Ta- vernes and Ale-houfes, and commonly frequents the company of a married woman of very ill fame, and hath been feen to imbrace and kiflfe her very lafcivioufly, and hath been in a va- ry fufpitious manner in private with her, and hath not beena- fhamed in Divine-fervice, publikely to expreffe unfeemely ge- ftures and behaviours towards her in the Church •, and being told that he was feen to be in ftich private mifcarriage with her^ anfwered, that he wduld after be more cautious, which according- ly he obferved, refbrting commonly to her houfe afterwards by night and not by day, and hath fince his inftitution into the faid Church, feldome preached, and in his abfence committed the Cure to drunken, lewd and lafcivious Curates, and hath been a great pra&ifer and preffer of the late illegall Innova- tions in the WorfhipofGod, and hath expreffed great malig- nancy againft the Parliament , and hath deferted his laid Cure, for morethen foure Moneths laft paft beforethe faid fequeftra- tion. 75. The Benefice o£ Walter Mattock, Parfon of the-Parifh Church ofStorrington in the county of Sufiex,\s fequeilred, for that he is a zealous pradiifer of the late illegall Innovations, and hath not preached above once or twice in foure or five yeares in his Parifh, arid refufeth to Church women if they nave not on a Vaile,and come not up to the raile, and hath gi- ven his Curate charge to obferve the fame-, And is a common fwearer and curfer, and a common gamefler at Cafrds and Dice, and ufeth to fit tipling with loofe and lewd companions, and hath been over-feen in drinke, and hath faid. That none but d company of giddy- headed felkwes would preach twice a day, and F 2 caufcd (30 caulcd and countenanced the reading of the Book of Sports in his Church to prophane the Lords day, and hath fent his Armesto affift the iWtgzh Commi ft on of Array , and tooppofe the Forces of the Parliament ,and hath otherwife exprefTed great malignancy againft the parliament ,and hath wholy deferred his laid Cure ever fince the firft of February laft. 76. The Benefice of Clement Vincent, Redtorof the Parifh Church of Banbury in the county of Ejfex, isfequeftred, for that he is a great pradtifer of the late illegal! Innovations, and doth not only encourage fports and playing on the Sabbath- day before his own doore, but hath alfo been a pradtifer him- felfe thereof, giving ill example thereby, and negledted the keeping of the monethly-Faft, and infteadof fafting, fuffered pn the Faft-day, Foot-ball playing in his own ground, himfelfe being a fpedtator thereof, and is a common drunkard,and com- mon fwearer andcurfer, and hath exprefTed great malignancy againft the Parliament. 77. The Benefice of Matthew cAry /Vicar of the ParifhChurch of Chdfmrth in the county of 'Suffolk, is fequeftred, for that he hath very little refided upon his Parfonage-houfe, butletteth one live in it that turneth it to an Ale-houfe, in which there is very much diforder,even upon the Lords dayes, and hath neg- lected the obfervation of the monethly-Faft, affirming /-yW/^ time for them is expired^ and is a common fwearer, a haunter of Ale-houfesandTavernes, and hath been oft very drunke-, And hath often preached, That finnes of ignorance andfmnes of infir- mity doe not grieve the Spirit of God, and hath exprefTed great malignancy againft the Parliament', and hath wholy deferted his faid Cure.for above foure Moneths before the (aid feque- ftration,leaving upon his departure a fcandalous Curate,a drun- kard that fate in the ftocks for his mifdemeanours, and for di- vers Lords-dayes the Church doores have been fhut up, and the Parifh left without prayer or preaching. 78. The Benefice of Daniel Borfmanden, Dodtor in Divi- nity, Parfon of the Parifh Church of rhomb in the county of Km, ' (37) Kent, isfequeftred, for that he did affirme, That the late Deputy ^/Ireland was put to death wrongfully, and was facrificed as our Sa- your Chrifl was, to give the people content* and is and hath been for eleven yeares laft paft, a common haunter of Ale-houfes and Tavernes, and very often exceeding drunke, and hath ex- preffed great malignity againft the Parliament, and preached, That to heare a Sermon on the weekedayes, was a will-worflrip. 79. The place and ftipend oflofeph Daves, Curate and Hof- pitler of S.Thomas- Hqfpitali in Southwarke, is fequeftred, for that he is a common drunkard, and common haunter of Ta- vernesand Ale-houfcs, and a common fwearer, and hath ex- preffed great malignancy againft the Parliament, affirming them to be all Rogues } and that he was confident God would [hew no mercy to them that died [in the Parliaments fervice, and that all that went forth in their fervice,were Rogues and Rafcds, and that thofe that died in their fervice at Edge-///// went to the DcvilL- 80. The Benefice dEwilliam osbaffton, Dodor in Divinity, Parfon ofthe Parifh Church of 'Much- Par udon in the County pf £jf/or, is fequeftred, for that he in his abfence 5 fuppliedhisfaid Cure by fcandalousand inefficient Curates,and hath in his Ser- mons preached againft frequent preaching, affirming \tto be proper- ly no fervice of God, and that it wm never a merry world [meet hen wasfo much of it, and that if he could preach twice a da), he would not, and that once hearing of Common-prayer, is better then 1 o Ser- mons, and hath read in his (aid "Church, the Book of Sports on the Lords-day, and encouraged men to foot-ball and other like fports on that day - 7 and hath taught his people ^Thatth^j water in Baptifme dothwafh away originall JJ/w, and being defi- red to pray for afick child that wasjtwoyeeres old,faidinhis prayer. That attuall fmne it had committed none, and. as for ori- ginall, it w^ done away at Baptifme^ and hath preffed his pari- fhioners to come up to the railes to receive the Sacrament, pro- f effing, that otherwife he would not deliver it unto them •, Antfhath threatned to prefent fuch of his parifhioners as went to heare Sermons elfewhere,when they had none at home, callingthem F 3. Hypocrites? (58) flfptorliesj nndofi-k tribe of G^md faid to one of his pail- fhtoners, that he aould not abide hm fee aufe t# partite of two Ser- mons a day • And being demanded to contribute to tneaflbck- tionofthe Counties for the piiblike defence, faid he wmldfrfi ba Dalliance, or he with his neighbour wife, as for any of them togoe^j from their owne Parifl). And is a common frequenter of tavernes, fitting a tipling there, and hath been often drunke, and drew one to- the taverne that had vowed not to drinkewine, and mingled wine and beere and drew himxo drinke it, and then clapthimontheflioulderandbadhim make vowes no more, for he had now broken it 5 and did preach openly, That to f reach nothing but Scripture without authority of the Fathers, was like the devils peering ofhoggs, a great cry , but a litle wooll. And faid upon the diffolution of the late Parliament, that the Mem- bers of that Parliament were a company of logger headed fel- iowes. 88. The Benefice of Richard Goffc, Vicar of the Pariflh Church of Eaft-Greenfteed'm the county o(Sufiex> is fequeftred, for that he is a common haunter of Tavernes and Ale-houfes^ a common fwearer of bloudy bathes, and finger of baudy fongsand often drunke, and keepeth company with Papifts andfcandalousperfons, and hath confeffed, That he chiefly (lu- died Popifh Aut hours, highly commended Queene Manes time, and difparaged Qneene Elizabeths, as an enemy to learning, and hoped to fee the time againe that there (hould be no Bible in menshoufes. And hath openly preached, That fuch as goc to other Parifh Churches then their owne, are in the (late of damna- tion, and that after thi bread and wine at the Saoamcnt is confc- fratedy it is no more bread and wine, but the body and bloodofchrtjh AndinafunerallSermonattheburiallof a woman, faid, That fhe \ being regenerated w Baptifme did live and die without fin : and hath expreffed great malignancy ag&init the Parliament, fay- ing, That he hoped to fee it confounded, and that he cared not a figg for the Parliament* 8p. The 89. The Benefice of Thomas Staple, Vicar of the parifli Church oi Mundonm the county of Effex, is fequeflred, for that he is a common frequenter of Ta-. ernes and Ale-houfes^ and a great drinker, and companion with drunken , debaufli ed and malignant perfons : Anquponthefirftof June in this in- ftxntyeare, 164]. being the next day after the Faft, invited to his houfe a riotous company, to keepe a day of prophaneneffe by drinking ofhealths round about a joyn'd-ftooie, fingingof prophanefongswithhollowing'and roaring, and at the fame time enforced fuch as came to him upon other occafions, to drinke healths about the ftoole with him, untill they were drunke. 'Arid hath taught, That it is not for Lay-men to meddle with the Wordy nor yet to fe arch the Scriptures. And hath oft left his parifhioners deftitute of preaching on the Lords-day, even within thefe 1 2 . moneths, and when he "hath been abfent from them, hath fubftituted in his roome very drunken and debau- flifed Curates, and hath profetfed, thatifanyofhis parifli that did not like of his courfe of life fhould be ficke, and fend for him to be reconciled to him, hee would not come at him 5 though hee were fure to five his (pule thereby. And hath, taught, That children dying witiwut Baptifme are all damned t and if any Infant that received the Sacrament efB apt tfme fhould be Parfon of the Parift ChurchofC^/^inthe County of Kent, is fequeftred for that heisacommon drunkard, and hath beene drunke on the ltZ S? ?* Ufa ?S dHnk , C heakhs ' and in th m o w ft, ff% mt i ht ,i CUredh J Fatkr > M '^ and all his Kin that mon Ale-houfe and is a prophaner of the Sabbath davbv commonfequentmgof Ale-houfes thereon, and is a^dif/r of £*, (47) of the late Innovations, and would never preach himfe//e, nor luffer others to preach on the Sabbath-dayes in the after-noon, and hath attempted the chaility of divers women, and ufed un- chaft behaviour towards them. 94. The Benefice of Robert Shepard, Parfon of the Parifh Church otHepworth in the county o£ Suffolk, is fequeftred, for that he is a common drunkard, and frequenter of Tavernes and Ale-houfes, lying and continuing drunk e in the faid houfes di- vers nights, fometimes twice or thrice a weeke, and is greatly fufpe&ed of incontinency, having had divers maid-fervants depart from his houfe great with child, none living in the houfe with them but himfelfe,and (bme of them have returned againe to live with him, and within a ihort time have been with-child againe 3 And hath been a great pra&ifer of the Altar -worfhip, an inforcerof his Parifhioners to receive the Sacrament at the railes, and hath put 1 5 . at a time from the Sacrament for refil- ling to receive it at the railes 5 And in his Catechifing and prea- ching,calls his parifhioners, Black-mouthed hell-hounds ,Limmes of theDevilly Fire-brands of Hell, Plow joggers^ Bawling doggs? Weaver ly Jacks, and Church- Robbers, affirming, that if he could termethemworfe he would ^ And hath endeavoured to perfwade poore men to forfweare themfelves for him^and hath affirmed, That the Parliament were but a company offaflioM ftirits. 95. The Benefice of John Woolhoufe, Vicar of the Parifh Church ofWett-Merfeam the county of BfJ'ex, ts fequeftred, for that he is a common and exceffive tipler and drinker both at home andabroad, a common Ale-houfe haunter and drunkard, and on the Lords day going from the Church to the Ale- houfe in the fore-noon, and continuing tipling there till the after-noon fervice, and ufeth to intice and provoke others to joyne in the fame excefle with him,even to drunkenneffe, and is a common dicer and gamefter for money, inticing his tipling companions thereunto, and is a common curfer andfwearer, and hath tempted women to incontinency, and hath expreffed great malignancy againll the Parliament, 96. The (4») 96. The Benefice of Henry Hatwingto^ Vicar of die Parifh Quire I i OiHougham in the county of Kent, is fequeftred,for that he is a common and notorious drunkard, andoft.lyingdead- drunkeinhigh-wayes, and hath continued fo forthefpace of twenty yeaies and upwards, andufeth to fing in hiscuppsin the Ale-houfebaudyfongs, which hecalleth Catbsdr all Songs , and on Edfrer-Eve and the feverall Satufdayes before and after that, Tie was fo drunkethac he was fcarce able to fpeake, and yet did admimfterthe Communion on the three Stindayes follow- ing them •, And being likely to recover the PeereoC Dover to be within the bounds of his Parifh,, hee was asked how fo great a number could haveroomein fo finall a Church as his, and his anfwer was, Let them pay me their offerings at Eafter, and let them all goe to the Dcvill at Whitfbntide, and hath been fo negligent of his Cure,as childien have been fix or feven weekes unbaptized, and the reft of the pafifli wholy neglected 3 And when he read the Book of Sports on the Lords, day, there was Beere laid into hisBarne, and dancing and drinking there that 'ay, and to give them the more time for it, he dif miffed the Congregation with a few prayers, and left' off preaching in the after-noone-, And was at the time of the late Innovations, a very forward promotoi^and diligent practifer of them,and threatned the Church-wardens when they took downe the com munion- Table into the Church, and when young people and fervants have come to him to pay their offering? and be examined of their fitneffe to receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, his manner alwayes was, to aske them, How many Piggs their fathers and Makers had, and how many Fowk they kept, and how many Larnbes, and when they had fully informed him thereof, admitted them to the Sacrament without any further exami- nation. 97. The Benefice of Samuel Sowt hen, Vicar of the Parifli Church of Malendine in the county of Ejfex, is fequeftred, Cor that he is a common haunter of Ale-houfes and Tavernes, and often drunke even upon the Lords%day, and is a common pro- voker Ut (0) voker of others to cmnke esceflivety, rejcycing when he had made them drunke 3 and is a common f wearer and curfer, and hath refufedto. deliver the Sacrament of the Lords Supper to his pariflioncrs that would not come to therarlesto receive, and ufeth to bow to the Elements in the Sacrament, lifting them up and imbracing them, and hath adminiftred the Sacra- ment of the Lords Supper in one kind only, and preached in maintenance thereof, and hath been a diligent praftifer ofthe late Innovations, and perfwader ofothers thereunto, and hath frequently enveighed againft painfull Preachers and their hea- rers, comparing them to Pedlers and B all td- fingers, tb.it have tnoit company, when rich Merchants have butfev^ and" hath ' perfe- cted his Parifliioners even to excommunication, for going to heare Sermons at other Churches on the Ijyds-day in the after-noone, when they had none at home, and hath exprelTed great malignity againft the Parliament^ arid is vehemently fufpe&ed of living, incontinently, and in adultery with Ka~ tbarwe Haward, and hath been feverall times prefented to the Ecclefiafticall Court by the- Church-wardens and fides-men for the fame. 98. The Benefice of Thomas H^rd, Vicar of the Pariiii Church of WeH-Takelym the County of Ejfixj is f. que fired, for that he is a common drunkard and companion of drun- kards, and hath been fo drunke, that he Kath tumbled into dit- ches and mire, and hath been oft drunke, fince he was complai- ned or in Parliament, ancr in one of his drunken fitts, called for a fiertobe made, and vowed he w r ould burns hfs Wife and chiidreninit, and r^fufed to deliver the Sacra:-;/, r.t to his Pa- tiihioners for not kneeling at the ledge of the railes, though they did prefent themfelves kneeling- neere unto it within his reach, and when the former Parliament brake up,faid bcafting- ly, That he foped then to live to fee all the Puritans mmndi 99. The Benefice of Samttel Scrivener; Parfonofthe Paritfv Church of JVefihropp in the County of Suffolk, is fequeftred, for that; he did frequently bow towards the communion- & Table. Table, affirming That there was an inherent holineffe in that place, and hath committed adultery with Margaret the Wife of George Woods, and is a common frequenter of Ale-houfes, and hath been often drunke, and hath faid, That the County of 'Sut- folk had chofen fuch factious fellowes for their Knights, that the Parliament was not like to hold, and hath preached againft this prefent defend ve warofthe Parliament and Kingdome. v ioo. The Benefice of AmbrojeWeftrop^ Vicar of the Parrfli Church of Much-Tothamm the Countie of B$ex\ is fequedred, for that he doth commonly prophane the ordinance of prea- ching, by venting in the Pulpit, matters concerning the fecrets of Women, to ftir up his auditory to laughter •, And hath taught in his Sermons, That a man that ufeth car nail copulation with his wife the night before the admim ft ration of the Sacrament of the Lords Suffer, udeffe his wife require him fo to doe, ought not to come to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper-, andthar a woman that hath Monet hly fickneffe, ought n$tto cope to the Sacrament -, That a woman is worje then a Sow, in two refrecJs. Firft, Be- caufe a Sowei skinne is good to make a Cart -J addle, and her Brittle s good for a Sowter. Secondly, Becauje a Sow will runne away if a man cry but Hoy, but a woman will not turne head, though beaten downt •with a Leaver-, and that all the difference betweenea Woman and a Sow, is in the nape of the neck, where a woman can bend upwards, but the Sow cannot, and that a woman is rejected by a man, onely for his uncleane luft , and that [he that is nut fed with Sowes mi Ike, will learne to wallow $ and divers modeft women abfenting from Church, becaufe of fuch uncivill pafTages, he affirmed, That all tJiat were then abfent from Church were whores': And having been a futor to a Widdow whom he called Black Bejfe^ who reje&ed him and married another, he obferved in his Sermon out of one of the Pfalmes, That Dwid prayed to God, not to Saint or An- gell, nor yet to black Beffe, who was then in the Church before him •, and that Jacobs deceive his brotUr ofthebleffing,made^> lie upon lie, but when Eiau came- home and perceived it, he flung a- way with a pox, andfpeaking againft fuch aspleafedhimnotin paying (51) paying their tithes, in the Pulpit he turned toward his brother in-law then in the Church, and (aid^ Toubrotijer Block-head will pay no tithe-Bujhes neither , And being angry with one whofc name was Kent, he faid thus in the Pulpit, they fa^fhe Benyill ts in Harwich, but I am fare he is in Kent - 7 And fpeaking of the Pa- rable of thofethat made excufes,for not coming to the marriage, he obferved, That the married man had no excuse, but faid in plaine termes, he could not come^vf faid he, the married mm cannot come , but mujlgoe to Hell in his whore : And at another time toldaftory in the Pulpit of two feverall women, that in their husbands abfence had familiars, and laid, that when it was night they went up into the chamber together with a candle, and put out the candle^ana there is (port , heavenly (port, Juch (port as never was in lit- tit Heaven-, and when their husbands come home,they muft enquire the way by Horne-row, and that Rahab w/ts a whore, and kept an Ale-houfeat Jericho, and that fo are all Ale-wives whores an4 their husbands Cuckhoulds $ And being a futor to one Miftris Ellen Pratt a Widdow, he did write upon a peece of paper theft words, Bonny Nell, I love thee well, and did pink on his cloake, and ware it up and downe a Market-Towne, w r hich wo- man refufing him, he did for five or fix weekes after, utter.littfc or nothing elfe in the Pulpit, but- inve&ives againft Women; And being fuitor to another woman, who failed to cometo din- ner upon invitation to hishoufe, he immediately roade to her houfe,and defiring to fpeake with her, fire coming to the doore, without fpeaking to her, he pulled off her head-geereand rode away with it, and many other like paffages fall from him in his preaching, and were proved againft him. F.I ^ IS, ■ •CATHBDRALL* N EVV FROM CAN TE RBV SHEWING, TheCai.terburian Cathedrall to bee in an W A BBEU IKE, Corrupcand rotten condition^which calsforafpeedy Reformation^ Diff'oltttion : VVhich Diffolution is already foreihowne,and begun there, by many reraarkeuble padages upon that place^and the Prelai^ there; 4§^» iAwowg/? k>/;/c7; pajfages of wonder is, ^^ g The Archbishop of J§ §| Canterburies Pafsing-Bell, J® #$& !^««g miraculoufly w that Cathedrall. Recorded, and Published by Richar/Cvlmf.r, Miniftei of Gods Vv ord,dwelling in Canterbury: heretofore of Mag- dalen Coliedge in Cambridge^ Matter of Arts. Luk. 19. 40. If I jbould bold my peace^ the ft one J would immtdiatly cry out. Printed at London by Rich. Cotes /or Fulk Clifton, 1644. Imprimatur, fohn WhUte. 1 Have peritfed this Relation of Cathedrati NeVes,* and therein obferve,that the hand of providence hath, indeed, wrought a new thing in our Jfrael, worthy to bee looked upon by all, with a due mixture of wonderland thankfulncfle rand therefore conceive it neceffary to bee publiflied to the view of ail. jfoffph CaryU. Tge beene punEluaR in ex amtmng the truth of what 1 hay e by information. My ayme u to further the dcwnefall of Babylon, and that Sion, Tthich ibetteth with this daughter of Babylon, may deliver herfelfe, Somojl humbly intr eating your acz ceptance of this my obliged Jervice, J remaine Yours to bfc commanded, Richard Cvlmer, <£*z CATHEDRALL NEWES FROM CANTERBVRY. Avingfeenebookcs of newes fromfeverall places, as • icwcs from He//, newes from Rome, newes from Com*} newes from Tpfivicb^&c. I have made this fol- lowing hiitorical Effay of newes from the Cathedra U in Canterbury, prciented with wh ubrevicie I could, hoping that others will impart CatbedraR 'nems from The Catkedrj^csdUdCbrif-ChHrcb/m Canterbury ,hz'mg a Covent T , ofA/fw^/,atthetimeofthe d.ffolution oiAbbeysjn the reigne of f Canterbury King Henry the eight, it was then (in ftead of Prior, and Covent) oncea Covtnc turned into Dcane 3 and Chapter, that is, a Deane, and twelve Pre- of'Monkcs. bendaries,orCanons;to which were added Pettie-Canons, Subrti- tute? ? Lay-CIerkes, Ve^erers 3 &c. Thefe Trdatic.ill itfrceffors of the Idolatrous, proud, lazie,covetous Monkes, as they mcceeded them in place, fo they followed them in pra&ife, whereby they have a long time caufed the godly neare them to groane under their ty- ranny ■> fupentition,and (candall. For remedy whereof, the enfuing Petition (being mbferibed by very many well tjf&ed Citizen* of Canterbury) was exhibited in Parliament, againit thoCc Cathedral! P relates jn the yea re 1640. The Citizens Tothe Honorable Houfe of Commons affemblcd in Parlia- of Canterbury m nt; The humble Pe r ition of the Inhabitants in 3 and Parii^nentl. gain ft the Ga- ined: all there. about the Citie of Canterbury, Shewing, T Hat rvbereai under tbeTyranJirw government 0/\^rchbifhops,Bi- Ep'^opallgo- fhops 3 Deanc:S 3 Archdeacons ,1 c. t be fa id lnl)abitants are frtffed ^n"™ nr ty ~ »>i/& grievance?^ follow, tb. 1. 7 be Canons, or Deane nd Prebendaries, be fdes their rich Pre- Caf htdrall Ca- lacies.bold^cacboftbem^divirj Btoeflcej whbCuns of foules i which Cures ^JT^*^' A 3 they " n i% Cathedrall Pericanons, Singin^men, Prickfong- S-rvice. Cathedral! HighAltar f dreffed, crouched ro. Cached rail- meere-Scrvice- booke-Priefts i Weavers, Tobaccopipe- makers, Taylors, Butlers, Servingmen. SeMome- preaching Prierts. Huddle-Ser- vice,and curry- curea Carhe- drall Priert. ThcCaihedrall Sermon remo- ved from the Strmon-houfe ro rhePopifh Qiiire,and why ? to gcr people ro their Afrar-worfhip, and Piping- ■ Service. Cathedrall Ncwcsfrm CdHterburj. they caft off xopoore Curates, allowingthem a fmall ftipend, and living tbem- Jihej in eafe, and excejJe,to the hindrance of Gods Word, and the great prejudice ofpainefull Minifters, and their Families. 2. The Pet tie Canons, and Singingrtien there, fing their Cathedral! Service in Prich^fong after the Romifh fajhion, chaunting the Lords Prayer, and other Prayers in an unfit minr.tr -pi the Chancel], or Quire of that Cathedrall* at the Eafi end whereof th^y have placed an Altar (at they call it} dreffed after the Romifti fa'hion, with Candkfticks^ndT a- pers,&c. for which Altar they have lately provided a moji Idolatrous eojllj GLORY-CLOTH or Back-Ciorh; towards which Altar they crouch,and duck three times at their going up to it, to reade the) e part of their Service apart from the AftfemWy. 3. The Cathedrall Pt-elatesw maintain* their Quire Confort, doe get their Singingmen into the Jlfiniftery, and provide them Benefices with Cures of joules in divers Parifhts, inland about the fiidCitie, they heing ma- ny of them ondy reading-Priefts,^ Mr. &c. late Weaver, now reading- Prieft 9 and Parfin of Su Mary Bredman, and Peticanon of that Cathe- drall,Mr.e^./tf/eTobaccopipe-maker, and reprieved' from the Gal- loweSjfww reading-? 'r ie ft and Par/on of St. Martins, and Peticanon of that Cathedrall, Mr. &c. late Taylor, Servingman, and Butler to the Veane of that Cathedrall, now reading Prieft and Curate of St. Mary Bredin, and alfb of St. Mary Magdalen, and Peticanon of that Cathe- dra 7. Mr.e^v. late Serving-man, now reading-Prieft, and Curate of St. Johns, and Parfon fine cura, and Peticanon of that Cathedrall - y Btfides divers ' fil dome-preaching Priefts,Peticanons of that Cathedrall, which to give their attendance upon their Cathedrall Service, doe huddle over Prayer j, and SermonsQif any he) in their Parijhes,at unfeafonable homes 5 whereby the people (for the moji part reft ing themfelves content with what they jind at their owne Parijh Church) are kept in wofull ignorance, and profane tin Lords day, to thep) ejudice of their foules, fcandall of our Kc- li(rion,dijhonour of Cjod, and the difgraceofthe Miniftery, and Churches of England. 4. Whereas neare that Cathedrall there is a large,warme, and wel-feated Sermon-houfe, where (time out of mind) Sennons have beene made upon Lords dayes, andFeftivall dayes : Of late there hath heme a Pulpit fit up in the Quire of that Cathedrall, which is a very cold and inconvenient place, and there onely the Sermon is preached on thofi dayes, and hemdin with their Quire Service, that all that will partake of the Sermon, (hould of necejjitie partake of their Cathedrall-Ceremonious-A I tar-Service , . whereby many are driven away from hearing the Word of Gbd y as alfi £&' £ -' Cathedral! Newesfrom Canterbury . 5 alfo for want of feat /, that roome not being 'capable of halfe that Auditory, which mighty and didhean in the Sermon- Houfe. 5. All the Communion Tables in the f aid City , have lately heene re- Cotrmnnion moved, and fetuptotheS^end of the Chamells , and railed in. And Tables turned whereat in the two cbiefe Churches of that City ^ there tfiere decent and and- ' nro A ' rafS « t nt Seats for the Maior and Aldermen ; of 'late thofe Jeates have been pulled dorvmtomake^Roomc for the Altars fo r &c, Parfon of Hithe , Parfon of Ickham , Parfon of Will, djwri to fct up Tarfon i>/ Sakwood, Prebend of Canterbury, Arch-Deacon, &c. 6. I?z /to Cathedrall /&ere hath been lately erSed ^Superfthious A r ._. ~ . , / */- • 1 ; / • f ; • ; •; / ; / • / Ancwv_atn»- Font, with three Ajctnts to it , paled about with high guilded, and painted j^ii Font a- iron bars, having under theCover ofit a carved Image of the Holy Ghoft, domed with I- in the forme ofaDove, and round about it are placed carved Images of mages, and the twelve Apoftles, and huveEv3mgelit\s> and of Angels, and over it a i^ C ^^ I Carved Image of Chrift 5 fo that none can lool^e up in prayer there , but hee who wem Jhall behold thofe tempting Images in the place of Divine Worfhip • againfi round about it, the Law of Gody and the DoUrine of the Church of England. And all this reading in a is done at the cop of T>ottor &c. late Prebend' there > now Tarfon of B™ k *> ^ Back-Church in London ; Tarfin 0/Barham in Eaft-Kent^re Dover* r | iree fleps,and Tarfon 0/Bifhops Bourn; Lord Bifhop of Rochefter, &c. And that Font pu i his head wai confecrated by tbeLord Bifhop of Oxford •# is teftifiedby a Trotforof'wo the Font. /kArch-Bifhops Ecclefiafticall Court in Canterbury • in aBookg late- £Vr>ok called ly Printed and dedicated to the Arch-Bifhop o f Canterbury , and ador- t h e Antiquities nedwith the TiUures of his Miter, and Coat-Armer, and of many Altars, of Canterbury, and Idolatrous Monuments , and of that New Cathedrall Font. 7. From the over-awinggrcatneffe of thofe Cathedrall Prelates, and of the Arch-Bifhops Ecclefiaiticall Courts there , Preaching and Leliures sre much decayed in that City . fo 5 that twoPubliqueLe&uresare put downe ; and divers able ( though conformable ) (JWiniftcrs , haze btene h'mdred from T reaching there : And many fcandalous 3 and unable Priefts, have been> and now are beneficed and upheld there, by the Arch-BinSop,and PieJaresareE- Cathedrall Prelates • and lewd perfons admitted to the Lords Table ; to nemiesro the great difhonour of God , and Offence of the Godly. Bejides many other Prcac " in g» heavy grievances in matters of Religion, common to the whole Kingdome. The mofl humble^nd hearty Petition of thefaid Inhabitants, is, that the premi (ed foulc-preffing grievances , may bee taken in- to the consideration of this Honourable Affembly, And your Petitioners pall ever pray fee This 4 Cathedrall Newes from Canterbury'. This Petition connrmeth thhCharaUer^ or defeription of a Cathe- A&riSi ■ of ^ C »V' at ' lon - A Cathedral! is a neft of N^Refidents > an Epicu- a CatliedrTll. nan CoUed & °f r J ot and vo'uptuoufnejfe . . A Schoolefr Complement in Ke- ligion- y but a feurge upon the life and practice thereof '; A refuge for fuper- ftition s but the bane of true pety\ J be fiame of the Clergy , and the Jcorne of the Laity, Cvhedrall Re* . Sut this Petition, and Chara&er is no Cathedral! newt i,to thofe that venues nve ne ere the Canter burian Cathedrall 5 the valt revenues whereof -grotfcly abu- (which might advance Religion, Learning, and an able Miniftry) have fe3. been fo long time abufed, to the maintenance of Ignorance, Super- lhtion, Pride, Luxurie, &c. Cathedrall carding, dicing, dancing, fwearing, drunkenncfle , and grabbing too, are no newes; No wonder to fee the Sacke-bottles keeperanke, and file in their Srudies - beiides Taverne toipotting, and fmoaking. A Cathedrall It is no newes to tell you , that Prince Ruperts health was drunkc Health dunke lately in that Cathedrall. Itisattefted to the Honourable Com- to Prince Ru- m \ tuc concerning plundrcd Minhfers . that Mr. &c. - upon the Faftday in the afternoone , at the Taverne with other CentJemen, drunke about ten healths, and continued there untill night,whue he was left with the Deaneo t Canterbury, A Tavern-haunting Cathedrall Do&or, is no wonder ; reeling after a Malignant meeting, and being beholding to a fupporter. A Cathedrall ^ ow did the Cathedrall Prelates beftirre then^felves for their Latfe beguiled brave female Cathedralifi . who was lately 'delivered of a childe alone, bv a Smgmg fecretly in a vault in that Cathedrall,callingno help^8c a fewdaiesaf- Man. ter ^ fhe being difcove red to have had a Chiid 5 (after fearch)the childe She is Arraig- was found dead in the Vault • there wanccd Tope Gloria Fiflj-pand, ntd for the Shee was arraigned at the Setllons for the murder ; but Malignant and dea h of her Prelaticall J unices ( left the Cathedrall (hould fufTer with htr,at the Childe. gallowes) Co bertirred themselves, that fhee was acquitted; though the Lea rned,a nd well-affe&ed Judge faid in open Seffions* that nothing buc the Kings pardon could fa ve her: And another Noble and valiant Patriot then fitting on tht Bench, openly protelted again but {lie, in a ra^e 9 threw it downe, and (lampt it under her feet , and beate her Maid^charginr; her to fit up and ftarch it ; but it being Jate,and the Maid out of hope to pleafe her, went to bed , leaving the Rufe flapt together,a3 berMiftris had rtampt it : The next morning the Ruffe wasfrundtlarerTt, none knew how 3 (hee. then brought it t£> her £hd it MiltreflTe; who faid, / mirry \ could y$u not have done it fo before? This Lamii'dfe. - nutter was mo t ft i idly examined, and it coald not bee found that any knetvof the tUichingofit; though her husband be ftir'd funnel f i»uch to find out the truth : whereupon,in coaclufion, he threw the RirFeinto the Fire, oilt ofwhich itieap't; ttntill hce held it inthe Fire, with theTongcs, andfoconuimedit in the flame; fa that it i$ famous in City and Country,that theVevil wm the CathearaULandreJfe. On All-Saints day,! 639. a Cathedral Prelate,being at a Feari there, was asked if hee would euc of fuch adi(h> ; Tufh faid he, doc you ^ a *jf Crt think Ik eate any Butchers meat on AU-Sairjtsday > SownTwifha How often have Minilrcrs left whole Parifhes unprovided, Carhedrall P on Sabbath dayes, and Fait dayes to preach in that Cathedrall, for) ' are r op &\i • Lazy Prelates, who were fleepy Auditors, when they {hould have ' w im y a ^ been the Preachers themfelvcs? The Sabbath injoyed but ©neSermon d™bWci$?f' in that Cathedral!, amongitall thole Cathedrall preachers. bju^ewlj An able Orthodox Divine could not have a Living in thofe parts, mons. Hntill every Cathedrall Canon or Pnbend, had two or, th re**, and every Petti-Cannon one, though a meer-Reading-Service- Booke- PrUft-i This," ryranriooT 1 is one fruit of the Prelates Tyrannous Patronage of Livings; whcrby> Pacrenageof they Co much advanced Popery and Pre lacy .and their Kingdom ofdark->*-' Vi ngS irain- ncs.Therc arc but feven Parifhes in the fruitful & pleafant Uk oCTba-. £! nes rheir Ke/,inKe«f ; andthreeofthefefeven 5 the now Arch-Bimop be £io wed. £^^e of upon Hit Graces young Chaplaine , befide a Prebendfhip erf Canterbury : And all this, (no qucftionj for his profefled fbrwardnede in the Arch-Bifhops pious deilgnes, which hee put in execution with what fpeed hce could: But: his Parifhioners at Mynfur couragioufly op- posed his Innovations there ; yet he cut and dthced the Seats , and* Cathedral! Pre- ibc up his Altar and. P\.ailes,and fell to Ducking j and threatned thcm.iates ftrivc ro with the Arch-Biftiop, and High-Commiflion, ifthey would not .Jtowrhe Arch- come up and receive the Communion,knceling before the. Altar, at ^ ho F rJl eir the R.ailc 5 and when they told him it grieved them that hee (hould in^pifh^ make their Parifh a Prcfidcnt to all others, of Popifb Innovations : .novations, the Toung Cathedrall Docior reply ed, and.faid 5 that he was. the Arch- 9imop of Canterburies Chiefe Chaplaine. and therefore would (hew his GRACE his forwardnefle in thofe things. Ali which,- ; (and more too) divers Witnefles have tcihficd to the Honourable Com- mittee of P arliament for Plundered Miniflers. B Inj rf CAthtdrAll Ntvesfrtm Ctmerhury. Iq the Yeere 1633. The Romip drejfing,*nd boning towards tkt High The Prelates jji (ar 9 began in that Cathedrall 5 and a while after, the Tlague was ufotr in Ido- lf ^ ^ j^^ - n njany Cathedral! Houfes ; fo that the Prelates were Idolatry ufhers driven from th cir Altar, and Cathedrall too,which was left(in a man- in the Plague, ner^) defblate. Their Cat be droll- A!tar-Glory-clotb>Morc mentioned, was lately The Cathedrall found out, where they had laid it in that Cathedrall, and is now *[| ar " GJo '?> in the hands of the Honor able Committte^of Farliarnent for demolifhing of ^ ajnc I$ * C " Idolatrous monuments. That Glory, which is the (liame of their Cathe- dral!,^ made of very rich Imbroydery of Gold and Silver, the name jfotazW? on the top in Gold upon a cloth of Silver, and below it a fimicircle of Cjold,and from thence glorious ray a and clouds, and qleames and joints of r ayes, direft and waved, ftreame dow?ie wards upon tbe Altar , as if Jehovah (God bimfdfe) were there preient in glory ,in that Cathe- drall at the Altar ; and all this to draw the people to looke and wor- ftip towards the AItar,ind thereby to ufher in the breaden ^od of CathedraN Romc,and Idolatry. The large patterne of that fiiperftitious GLORT Prelates c n- (being made of papers pafted together,wch is now kept with the Glory*) full abour cie- hath written on it, thus • Is not thU eirek too large ? if fo, it may heft bet fling Morm- mended (at wee conceive) by inlawing tbe golden circle at the extremities of Sn^ndTdo^ **■ and k) tnlargingit inward. What thinkeyou of working tbe rayes with* |arry. out clouds? If you can conceive it ftting^it will mnchhffen tbe charge? our feare is,the Clouds will not bee well wrought, and then the rayes willfhew far better without them. W. B. This was written on the parterne at Lon- don by a Cathedrall Doctor of Canterbury, as John %&well the Imbroi- derer that made that Glory frith, lately teitified upon his examination taken before the truely religious Sir Robert Har ley, who, being in the Chaire of that Committee, hath (befide that Glory) fuch Idolatrous fopifb Fi&ures, and other Topifh trinkets taken out of tbe Kings ChappelL and from the Archbifhop of Canterbury, and elfe-where, that a true Proteftant would be aftonifhed to behold them, they are fo abo- minable-tbut they are all appointed to the fire. And the faid John Rowel tertifieth that after the patterne was fo written on,at London, it was carried to the Cathedrall at Canterbury, and there the Trebendaries rnetandconfuked about the Glory, and then the patterne was writ- ten on there, in an anfwerto the former writing,thus: Wee conceive thvs Ovall-formt would doe better in a femicircle, and extend the Glory more on either fide : Thefe Clouds well fhadowed, and well wrought, and pierced with raies will be mo fi proper. We conceive alfo } that the Field fiouldie more Azxrejhen Silver, which willfoone tarnifb. And the Imbroidcrcr fur* ther tefUfieth, that all the Prebendaries did approve, of the making of that Glory for the Altar. m/ *~' Cdthtdrtll NewesfremCdnttrlurj. 7 It is hot long fince our guewej Mother was led by thefe Prelates, to Cur ^ iefl1f$ Arch-Bi(hopT homos Beckys (lone, in that Cathedrall (the (tone on mother led to which he- rell when hee was call downc headlong in that Cathedral!;, I^ iK,r ^J" whenhee was executed for his treafon and rebellion*) and fhee came ft o n °^ n ^ ^ out of her Sedan, and bowed towards it; forr.e fay (he k'lft &i*S thou- Cathedrall. fands of Papiits have done before her, and it Was then faid to her, lookeon the crackein that (lone, that mouth calls to heaven for vengeance on thole that fhed this holy Martyrs blood ( aTraytmr Afjrtor, 1 wW) a S aint fit for a Roman Calender , and a Cathedrall ferine. When Qjeen Mary (her daughter) came to that Cathedral! in her late A Cathedrall journey tuVover, when (he went beyond Sea into Holland, (liee be- Orator telsour ing entertained in that Cathedrall, a Cathedrall Prelate there faid in ^rtofrcl-"' his courting Oration to her, that that Cathedrall Church ( whatloe- rhedrall la the verfbme (aid to the contrary) was the gate of heaven. I faw the Deane gate of Heaven and Prebend a ries,frkw/^e Arcb-Bifhops Commijji oners ) fittingin plena c*ria> in the Arcb-B ijbops Confi fiory Court in that fathedraV-vthen divers ^f*J^jT Kentifj Miniflers were brought to the Bar before tbem,and fentencedfnr refu- rors f ^^ ffagta pablif) the Prophane Bookjor Sabbath Sports and Vane ings,wh\ch Brethren. is now julHy contradi&ed,tnd condemned to the fire, by a late Sacred Ordinanceof Parliamcn:,for the better Obiervation of that Day. They urged ThcNimrod of that Cathedra!!, zmigluy Hunter, and Hawker too, thc r « aclin g of v;a s wont (very often) to hunt Hares,and Foxes on weeke dayes ; but go^fo^Sab- he hunted the GRAY, or Badger,on the Sabbath Day, about five bath Sports, yeers fince. In plaine termes thus : The Deane of Canterbury hearing that one Mr. GRAY, (a Godly and able Minifter, now living in ACathedraM Ejfex) had Preached again 11 the Prelates Popfi proceedings, then on Nimtodhun- toot- and being informed that hee was to Preach againe (being a ringthcGK^i/ Strang in thofe parts ) the next Sabbath . the Deane^thit Sabbath ° n ^e Lords mornings rode out to find him, and Hunted from Shoulden to Ham, **' from Parifh to Parim, at lift (towards night) he came to Sandwich) where he had almoft caught the Game - y hee purfucd, and perfecuted : but the GRAY was crept through a fecret Mufej whereupon the Draw caufed the TowneGatestobe fhut, and Watchmen were fet with Halbards at every corner- but the Preacher efcaped them all: The perfecuted Preacher went beyond the Bridge by the IVmd-MiU^nd efcaped the wrath of that Cat hedr all Levi, who had a Simeon with him, In that Spanifl? Inquifition 5 The Preacher may fay, Curfed be their an* ger, for it was fierce* and their wrath, for it was cruel!. But the Prelate caufed divers Godly men to bee brought into the Towne Hall at Sandwich ,where they were queilioned, andfpoken againft by him, in his Prelaticall outragious fury. Mv.T homos Foacb was bound over to thc High Gommiffion : Becauie the GRAY tooke earth or burrow B2 in $ CAthedraS Newes from C*nterbury. in his Ground : But the Mimfter(havingon a coloured Suite of Mi\ JohnFoaches now living nccr Magnes Church at London- Bridge) efca- ped along the Sea Coali , by the conduct of Mr. Anthony Oldjield, to Lid, and (b to Tenterden, and fo to London. Many other Miaifters have (within few yeercs) been perfecuted in that Cathedrall, or by fome of thole Cathedrall Pre late s^zs$[r. Huntley, Mr. Gardener, Mr. Partridge^ Mr. Player,Mr. Hkrm y aud others 5 both Miniftei s and People, and elpecially Religious Churchwardens. How often was the Biftiops railing prayer, (or rather execrationj Cathedrall againit the Scots (when they flood up for their Religion,^ Liberties, prayers agaknft a g a i a ft the Tyrannous Prelates ) read in that Catbedrall, with a hun- jhc bcots. ^ fcc j Q at f lcc Jrall 'Bellowing and 'Bawling ks4- A-Amens , after that Pre- laticall Prayei ? Some Souldiers being Lilled to fcrve in the 2?i- Jhops Wanes againfi the Scots , they being Muftered at Barbam downe in Eaf.-Kent, mere Canterbury , on the fifth of Aprill, 1 639. I heard C h drains the Gr Wee, or D* am of that C<*/W/W/incou rage them in the open foment the Field,at the Mufter.and(amcngft the reft,he faid to them, Ha Bladesl Prelaticall War J hope to fee you returne ezery Man bravely 9 with Blew Scoij Caps on your aga.nft the Headj , See. And their Colonel! faid, you {hall net need to fight afiroake- Scots. but onely to (hew your felves a little: bee faid alfc, that the King would mahg. tbe Scots glad to take Bipops, and Arcb-Bhfyeps, and Topes too - at which tbe Cat hedral/ft laugh t exceedingly, . T\\tu Cathedrall Sermons, what have they been ( for the moil part) f . . ,, gcr _ tbefe many yecrs,but kipkings agj'mfi tbe powa of Gndiines,a?id Rtligior 9 „,**„* l and the advancing of Popery,Pr*lacy,Suptrftition $ Vropkancneffe,&c'> So that good Men have long fmce,al together abhorred , anddejirted their Cathedrall Preachments^ and thereby we are deprived of much evidence againft their ftrange Cathedrall Sermonizing. And had it not been for one of that Society, (who though mil- led , yet now returned) hath been a confhnt Preacher, and (in that refpecl) their Cathedrail Salt. that Cathedrall Neft of Prelates had wholly itunke and funke long be- fore this time. A PvcligifcUs and well-affefred Alderman of Canterbury gave mee lately a Tranfcript of a paflage written with his owne hand , in a fpare kdfc in his great Bible , which paffagc I have often read, it) this: Cbrijl-tide, I £33. was tht firfi day of the High Altar, and Can- dleftickes on it,and Candles in ibem, and other dreffiftgi very '-ravelin Chrift- Churchy Canterbury: ~DgUqt, &c % — did preach its fitch a conjuring Thereall pre- Sermon, as I neier heard before ; his Text was , Mat. 2.2. For wee hate . feene his Star re in the Kafi , and are come to worjhip him : Hee told w tbe Nam: J of tbe Wife Men, and their proftfjion , Conjuring : And in the end told the. people, that if they would find Cbrijl, they muft come to the ALT AR, and CdtbedraU Nerves from Canterbury. 9 and there tbryfiwld fnd him really prefent, if any where* This 1$ written in the AldeVmans Bible • but in the Tranfcripthewi -it 'further to me, thus • But the Catbtdrall Votlor did fo conjure, that I tiwmi aivay with my have an end,, and came no more to the Cathedra!! ht eight yeares after, and I n:v:r could be intune, till the comming of the Noble Sms : And the Parliament commingon, Jet met right againe, frnotkecotthoCcCatbedrall Dotterj, Preaching there, in th&&hetre\ rUcScrts^d- on thr fifth of November i639.compared the Scots to the Gun-Powder Gun- powder- Tray tors , becaufe fas I conceive ) they had blowne the Biihops, trayrourscom- and Popery out of Scotland: Hee laid, TbeGun-powder-Traytors ^^cTKrll -powder in the barrels, hut thefe in t!x Bande leers- thole would blow Scfmon ^ Ifpj thefe would blow out, &c. Thefe were the fire-hot fumes of a C a- tbedra'l Oven, yet their cake is dough. The perfecting Speech of tbe Arch-bifbop of Canterbury 3 made at Wejlminfl^r, mStarre-:hamber, againft inglands three Worthies,. Mr. The Arch -bi- B(trton,Dr.Biftwicke,and Mr. Prymie^ did prefently 1 eccheverj many fhops speech-, paflagesofitj in the Catbedi -all at Canterbury, where they Were called in Srar.cham-. in a C tthedr all -Sermon , blac 1 ^mwiVd-railin\-K.*b\hal^es , &c. ber >£ cho * d ,n . An ordinary Catfcedrall-tnrne-Preacher v who m his mor- mCaiucrburx. ning fervice ( as is directed in the Aiajfe Bwke ) tiled' to firig* Pfif, 43 . And when they fung, Then wili 1 to ihine Altar guc, hee prefently went out of his (cat, anddidgoe up, ducking, to the Altar, to read Service there. This Altar-Prieft Preacht in that Catkd rail (which I heard) word for word thus : His name Jefus was given him by an ephedra!! Do- ■ Angel!, his name Cbrtf was given him by a Bifhop, an Arcb-bifoep, hrine,that a " ■fontifx Mdximitf, as wee fay in Englifi, a Pope,rtbefrft of all 'Popes , Pope gave S tint Peter-jbou art Chrift:lts nomarvel,iffuch men now malignantly (liI ^ h isH4mc fide with Cavaleeres,?apifs,and Prelates 9 agaihft the proceedings of Par- liament. AnothevCatkedrall-turne-Preacher, who being^cjueftioned why hee Altar Railes made not new Chancel! railes for the Comnuni on-Table, he repli- m: ' dt °f Ccn * ed,that thofe Railes were made of old Church wood, and Seats, fcCRircdw ood, which was conftcrated pffi. ThhCathedrall Preacher, in his Vifitition g ilho . y r , . Sermon, Preached on the three and twentyeth day of April 1639. nons aW. Added to the Arch-bifho}: s ufuall tftle? 3 calling him Our Good Lrrd y zvd Mdfter^s th :y of old faid of the P.p?, ~D$mi?iM Vein nojier Papa • hee then Preached in Folio Viocefan B'ifoops to bee jure <&#&*, a firming the Presbyterian government to be a Gemmy, a toy , or G^ **tp ; by G mmy meaning the Sk*j(* s ^va s c< mreived) again i\ whom hefcxprefly invey- ktTo^rV* 1 " ed^andfamongit the reft) faid, Beqiinimicameo^ gens inimh-aVa* , A Arch bifhop s Nation at enmity vritb my Kin.r,a NifiioH at enmity with m- God, The Bit- Vifuarioni fitahin^S rmon be'm^endedyihz Arch-deaconfbein? Prtbetid jf that Catbedrall) made an Oration to the Cburch-ward Good Societyf&s they ftile their Cathedrall'm\\\e\iPulaticallPraytr) had a Sermon Preached on Trinity Sunday (as they call it) 1642. The Text was, and the Seraph ims tryed one p rc f at i*caf/ plc a - to another , Holy, &c. Upon which the Gratidceyr Trior of that Cathedrall d ing foi Ca- Crvent Preached, fay ing,/wce itjuftifiedcur Cathedrall tinging of Pfalmes thcdrall piping from one fide of the Quire to the other : And then hee proceeded upon and ^ uirc / that occafion to a large Difcourfe in the behalfe ©f Church Muficke ^ aServic * and Organs : I never heard more pleading for Cathedrall Piping ; he was vehement in his Difcourfe for Organe5,that he was almoft out of breath : It feemes he feared the fell of Cathedrall Qui re- Service, and Organs, he , was foearneft to uphold them^but in vaine as the event proves. And this puts me in minde of a very little witty Girle in that Cathe- dr ^ £ *fj^ e drall: who being with her mother lately, whereaficke man lay groa- orbclliacln ning very loud : Mother, faid (be 3 why grooms this man/of It was an- fwered. It if becaufehehath ap.tine in his belly : This Girle being a little afterxvith her mother, at their Cathedral^ Quire- Service ; and hearing the Dean- roaring out the Bafe, in the ghtire-Conjdrt : Mother ( faid fhee ) Hath the Veane a fame in bit belly be roaresfo f It was a few moneths fince preached in that Cathedrall, That all were revolted from the. King , and. muficomt, as Benhadads/en/*»/j^/^, with ropes about their neckes. A vo~ lame would not containe the Malignant parages preached in that Ca- ™ cr * ftran ^ tbedrall, fince the Parliament began. Tfcefe following paffages have beene thcdSlpreaT' vented there after hft Michael-tide 1643. Lord givethe Kingmore hands ch.n^ to fight for him, Uriah was a generous Cavalier: Another preached there fince 5 Men will excufe thzir finnes ^ ft pride it called handfomneffe ; fo an impious andrafb tow, U called a holy Covenant • dethroning of Majefiy , is called fitting up Cbrijl in hit Throne ; Fomenting of an unnatural! civill Warre, is called advancing of the true Religion. Another fince that, Bad zeale is a worke ofthefiefh • fuck zeale have they who would pull downe Bijhops^ JZtcaufe ( liki the Hereticks of old ) they cannot attame to tb it place tbemfelves 1 Like that of the Anabaptifiicall Reformers in Germany, who under pretence of Reformation , robbed and plundered. This (faid he) it but aje(uiti<* tall trickg of 'tbofcy who pretend to be mofi contrary to Jefuites. Another fince that,preached there: faying, Priefis art lights: If the Candle burne dimme, menufetofnufftity not to put it out • tboft that art intoxicated^ ufe to put out the Candle while they gne about tofmiffe it : and tbefiiujfes were confecrated too. And fince tbat^aC athedrallViQor prcacbeetrberty of counterfeiting the Kings Great Seale> when theN*»> Seale legally came forth by authority of the Parli- amentyfor the good of the Kingdonte.h&d when fome notorious LMilig- nants and lncendiariet 5 both Priefts and othcrs,were fecured inCanttrbury. thefameCathedrall Prelate pteached at that time of fbmc that were great Profeffers of Religion, yet were moft forward *o pecfecite their Brt- thre!t> ia CtthtdrAll NctPisfrm Canterbury. >a A Carhedr; Cooler. threnjind Ijale them to prifon. AndHnce that, when the Images in that Cathedral! began to D£ demoUfbcdtfhe. farneC dihedral i ft preached the next Sabbath of Ri£ing 3 and Pillaging Churches,telling the people that fuch More Incen- wcre worfe then J ewes and Turfy*, or Infidels, which ( as is conceived ) diary 'Cah?- was a czufe of the mutiny in Canterbury the next day. This man preached drat preaching, t0 his Parifhioriers after the Communion, « faying, Thofethat came up ^|^W*9 C totheRaiies, fhould meetChriftin the Clouds^, bat thofe that came not up 5 Chri4 would iaj. to them? Depart from meje curfedScc. And another paifage of a Cathedral! Sermon there, was this : There is a people came on.ihore,wh4ch r thinke their owne fa&cies to bexhe ho* Jy Spirk, and doubdelle they will plead at the laft day y We have de- faced Churches and Chappels, GGod,in thy name,wehavc robbed,and plundered in thy. name, we have kept Conventicles. in thy name, wee have undervalued Superiorities and dignities in thy name. The jail v apenr vented in that C<*/Wraff,waSjtnaC it is Intemperate zeak, and fiery fury to reforms befvre-the enemy be fubdued -The Prayer was, that Gad tvouldmakc m fiber Protectants. It feemes the view qf the Reformed Ido-* latrous Windowcs of the Sermon- houfe did offend , or ftrange+coolin^ came in by the breaches in them. But it's hoped the burning of that rich Akar-CV^wili producer refult,t>hat wjll begin the reparations? there, to keepe out fuch chilling vapeurs. To which mayib.e added the (new dh- covered ) rich filver Bailn and Ewer, and other fumptuous commoii Plate of that Cathedr all Corporaiunjttl-d at Catbedrall Feafts : and the Al- tar-Bailn, an&CandiqiUcks(jf thqribc not conveyed to Oxford} will hslpe that worke. And ^WClM^ Sermons were none of the hcttyCo thofe Cathedrall Prelates kept godly Preachers farre from them, by combined caution. The famous Rogers of Effex was wont to fay 5 Toutalke of miracles : Is it not. a miracle that Mafter Thomas Willon of Canterbury fb»uld continue .preaching fo ne.ere theThrom of the Bz aft there Ibm all know they pexff ca ted h inland railed P& hjm,and accufed him , but God found .great meancs for his fupportin the Lions denne. But this is no CMbtdrall uewespnd it they be fuch now,being under a cloud, what were they in their Hiql? Cathedral! ft Undo r , when they fwaycdall by their P KEL ATI CALL WILLI And if they be ib malignant in publique againft the King and Pcwliawem.&nd. Kingdemjoy- ning with Papifts^b'oody Iriflj Rebels, Vammee Rujpins^ and plundering Cm valiers^nd other common enemies of our Religion, Law.^aud Liberties, what have beene the private Counfth^ and Anions of thofe CatbedraU Prt- laie^'oiuppouPopcrj^^lacjymdTjran^ Why thsn&outd. any itomack the f:d\ of P relay and Cathedrals} wher especially of the Canterburian Cathedral Babelit of whole (innes you plagues. have heard a little, ( and may fee ten times more upon Record in' this prcfent Parliament ) y on fhall now he-are the Beginning of her plagues. And A good prea- cher neetc a . Cathedrall, a Miracle. After the Ca- mc-iral Btlbels •^ t>The Arch*Bifl)&p ^/Canterburies faffing Uff. 1 3 Andherel fliall begin vmhftraxjrt Cachedr<*R newts :yct (kh as is meft ttuc, and >**#£?*#» to all that live in , or nccr Canterburie : And, w cu thcCathedrallifts themfclves cannot deny : though living like boares in a paddock, or (tie, they may grunt at the noy ic ofir. The Cathedrall Prelatsat Canterbury, hearing a rumour ( though folic ) Cathedral joy that the Scots had yielded to cntertaine B flops , at the Pacifieeticd in tic "W*\ n J " ei North, in theyearc 1639. they were overjoyed at that ncwes, being before ^ r in a quaking teare, that having on each [boulder afieepleor tw* y and a Ca- thcdrall on their head, they ftiould be eafed of their beloved burden, by a Reformat ion , which they feared might reach from Edenborough in Scot- Uni y to Canterburie in England : well knowing, that Prelacy and Cathe- Jf^fafy 1 drills were built upon the fandy foundation of Ignorance , Super flition, far, d^io^ Amb\tion > and Covetoufnejfe, and had only cultome, and humane-power 10 uphold them. • And to expreffe their great triumph, at that newes, they did then, in the Sumnyr time, in the height of their P re Uticatt glory, fct up, upon the fourc r ^ s - cF tYy _ Pinidv s of their highelt CathedraSfreeple, called Bett-harryfteeple, 4 great umpb on the iron fanes, cr flags, on which the Coate-Arms cf the King, Prince, Church, Cathedral fiee- and Archbflop of Canterbury were fcverally gu ikied , qnd painted : Bus f c - in the end of December following , in the mid It oftheir Cathedral JovialL A ? r€ i it icql ties^vA Chnftmas Gamballs > there was a Gamball plaid by the rlag.which faUatCzntez- had the Archb flops armes on it, which had a tumbling caitfrom the top of buric. theftceple, being ftrucken downc by a firoak^ from heaven , in a fearefull tempeft>on Innocents day early in the morning : And the Archblfhcps arms heaven points pulUdown the top ofthepmacle, which upheld them, and were carryed at l ? a ?f c *?*i (partly aganft the windj a good distance from the ftceplc , on which they j^q^I flood, and fell upon the roofc of the Cloyfter, in which Cloy Iter, the Armes ^Un it :ri{es of the Arch-BilhopiickofCanr. were carveifc painted on the lower fide, at Bijbcps And orconcave of the Arch,cr feeling of the Qovfler ; which Armes in the Cloy- Cathedrals, ftcr, were dafhed in peices by the Armes which fell from the pinacle of the {teeplcjT^ Arms of the prefent Areb-Bflsp of Can er buns t brake down* Relates pull the Armes of the Arch-B i[ho pricker Sea of Canter bttrU : 7 he fail was fo f^k^'^* violent, that it brake through the leads, plancks, timbers, and [\o\\z» Arch of fY\*'ps P rc - Atmes vvas very neer the place, where that proud Prelate, I homo* Bt<\-. ' Btjb.new et, Arch-Biflmp of Cant et 'bur ie. and Arch Tray tor • wascaft down head- c ? 7t 'j er f aUs C xxnp x i alicld bc^i n b SQ-#rt hid* 1 4 The "udrch&JhQf o/CmtCibutm faffing btlk ~ tmparaHd'd IdtLttrctu ivtrMw in that Cat L dr. /'. Buttle Prdarsbefiir'd themfclvtt in the tnoming> and tookcawajyn iV jwoaiirg hafl the broken Armes, and rabbiflh, and fwcjt allclcanc, thatlene notice might be taken of thzt lamentable rmne « And to hide the deformity of the crop-e*rV ficeple, and to take away the obfervaibcjmd remembrance of that do* nfajl l which concerned their gracious ¥)fac efan, and JfHftik Cathedral io much; they Trr/^frf pall would net fuftcr the Arm:s of the King, Puree, anH Church to ftand at?y daw»e K}vi % longet, on the other three pinac!es,but tooke them all three downe initantty: Pnnu, ana Tnofe Arrncs of Kmg % ?rvncc % and Chtrch y being untouched with the tern* c bunb p^ an j ft an ding all three n*rme,and glorio is, on the other pinaclcs of the TU^irgaU ftcfpfe; without the h^p, or corflf any of chat twas it was befoie : but tney have made orhei Ccatc- Armes in the raome of the Armes of the Atch^Bulioprick , becaufc they cuth d.-ali would conccalc that Orange ruine of chofc Afme*. c uirt rent and And they have repaired cr*e roofc of their Idolatrous J3uWe> which,* little Ccufecr!t?o* ^ orctne Arcb-Bifliops Armes fell downe, was teuibly rent, and broken •* al 1*0,111 a wondrins te&p'fi : That very night the Bifliop oi*Oxford came to that Cathedrall , toconfecrate their new MavcCathedratl Font : And they V*t ******** mended the top of the broken pinacle > but never hunge out their flaggs any monfl\gs.° morc ^ ncc - Alas pooreCathedr all 9 And oceanic the new repaired pinacle was white, diffring l& colour from the other three, they were at great coft to raife a huge Scaffold, only to white over the top of one other pinade:that their Arcb-Piclatc might not be poin. ? relates Mqt ted at,asyft*f #/*r:but they were deceivcd:for the two new whited Pinaclcs Angularity wci:c £ enfj anc j p j ntcc j at a f ar $ % an( J wfrc (aid to have a paire ofnhtt* L-avvflctvss. Ltwrig jlttvts drawne over them , asaperpetuallrxiDnurrencoftheir Arck* Tbe Jtth BU Prelates two broken Armes > and downfall* And it tf as then obferved, at fT m T us wonderWly ominous, forefhewing the utter downfaband ruine of Prelacies ** " e " ' as thefevcrfes then made thereupon, declare; Cathedrall £hurch at Canterbury, Hath t a'' en morullh armes : /The SLutre and Clojfltr do want aftatftcr, And fa dee the A cb-H/fhops Armes* The ha ovens jnftjlroakc, the Tr closes Armes h$kf Ar.ddtd CaihedrallmaHle \ 3. , 6. 3 • 9- Brought forth this figne, Heaven fa ejjelh Prelates fall. Shave m&Z : The Anh-Bijhop dfCu&teibwi&pcIfi'tg ML : i $ I have lately fecnctheA/cn BiQn p of G awe* buries djaty written with Morefa!ln?e+ his own hand,as hc>and his !>ecte:ary rave confeft in the Lords houfc in Par- *k ? rch - *? liamcnt, which bookcMr* /V/v# tumbled up and Lambeth foil. downe, and broken to pieces as they lay en the lanix or&ofmy fere ants went to London t and durfi not come home that evening the: fresaher was fo fostle : that night the {hafts of two cbtwneyes at Lambeth leer* beat dmn u pintle roofeof his chamber, andbeat downe both the letdaxd the rafters upon hie bed, where had he been thai night* he enufl have p*r*fhcd+ At Cnjdon one of the pinadesfeUfrom thefteepie, and burft downe the Croydon fall; leai 9 and roofs of the Church, neer 30. footefanare. 163$. Septemb. iQtTbHrfdah /was trazflatod to the Arcb-Bifiep„ prick^of Ranter bur ie. x 8, The day before ^ when I Went to Lambeth , my Coacb-borfes ami menfuncks to the bottome of the Thames m the Ferry. boat,whicb was overladen, 1 6}9.Tttefday Simon and Judes Eve, I went into my upper Study to fee Come Mamtfcripts y wbicb2 was fendtngto Oxford:/** that Study bung my pi- cture, taken by the life, and commmg tn J found tt fallen downg upon the face, The Jrch-U- and lying en the floor e,the firing being broken by which a was hanged again fi ft opt hav^d the waS: 1 am.almofi every day tkreatned with my ruine, in Parliament y ft&nre falls* Cod grant this be no Omen. This the Arcbbifhop hath written, and if any he ftans &$ doubt of it, he may fee the Book, which is now in l/lr.Prin's cuftody. I read owneruine. in Vupleffts Mifttry of inanity that when the Prelacie of Pome began to be fhaken, by Leber's thundrmg, and fome Princes joyning with himagiinft the Pope y the Image of St. Peter f wbofe SucceiTor the Pope falfly pretends to be) ftanding aloft with keyes in his hand, the keyes vvexe firus.kjut oft he Images band in a Tempcft.AndSir Francis Bacon in his Hiftory of Henry the 7 *, tels us,that Philip the young King of S pain e, who bare the Spread- Eagle in his Armes, being m London, the Gilded Eagle ( a Fane in forme of an Eagle, ftanding on the ( then ) Spired Steeple of the Cathcdrall, called Pauls in London ) fell downe in a Temper}, and in the fall brake downs the, fgne of the Eaglefiangingat a dcore in Pauls Church-yard, which was then much note&as Ominous to that P / ince, who not o*any dayes after fell from his Life and Kingdome : And Rotlcnc after this ViiaWzMfalofiheArch- Btfiops Armejjht Aich-Bifihop himielfc fell from as high as Larnbeth,nay The Arc»-hi» tint Lords Houfe in Parliament, as low as theTower of London, for fiopf'b^ 1 ** (fe crime, then High Treafon. And twelve other Bifhops being high °i £0^^ y te, above the high Court of -parliament 9 \n their proud Prestation, did {^.Bijhc/sfal C 2 hl\ after Lin. i 5 The Arch-Bifoof ^/Canterburies faffing Bell; ' * Fail a slow as that Tower alia For their juft deferts. And a litlc after thatj, Ef'fcopicie it /f*» f#f£ */>&* Beaft were ipi/VW c ftafe.£t Yorke a litlebefcre his v»y/7£ fait, and defcrved death, malum omen, TbeprftfdHof T ^ t j an jjj tojjien,) The Kings Majcfty caFually palling through Canter- *f£ bar j, in his Journey with the Queene to Dover, flaying * //>/* at Canterba- th:rc tbtBi* r j, did at r , me rbv.ry, and nowhere elfe in all England, ftgne- the Bill a. egaivft tte Hfr-ft the PotcS ofBljhops in Parliament, which Ad threw downe our LoF- *L9tttofBiJJrtps T_ orc j! y Prelates from the P trade of their ambiti&n. pat foned, p r ^ mator r> Tims Prelat ofal England w r cre Fo demoli{Tied,m the Metropolis tan Cathredrat;oi prime Seat,or Throne of the Bead, called a Cathedrall ; but ( which is moft obfetvable ) it was figmdat arntned Abbey ad joyning tSLKfl* t0 *at CathredralL And that Abbey, in which the very firft Bill, and "kmd'etti) Aft of Parliament againft.Bifhogs was fignedby his Majefty , was the mz finM *dl, by all that curfedpreUticallUicrtr^y rf Arch-fiifiao Dcanes, cnl'niheof Arch-Deacons &c.iscut downers *. wd brhnth; andhati U />ww £/cAjw; ^nd OoivnMliPrelatc remember the PinraJe. And as for the r anterburia* Arch Palate, whofe Chaw-Atmes, ( Badges d*wne,his charge & Impeachment*^ Tredfi Colourable low pofture, at the P *r n r tt- e high* ft • . < :nce,w nere it Will fhorrly appeate what thefe p wlgi ml falls \ fpairov* not falling to the ground without the druln taw, •TV* ^cfc-Bi- i fi n( j ; n che recited Diary,or day-bookc -Bilhops w own hand, word for word, thus. ' I 62B. Jan. 5 1 . Saturday night, Y lay tn ( \ J put off my Rochet rdlfave one fleeve^m i£*meIce»M not find it, . 1 6 ; 8 Feb. 1 2 . Tueflay mghi t ** marned 7 a Mtmfiers mdon «° '^^'fWk found, and m mine >, find the WL de/j to !6?9* juO-t* 7heArch*Bifiop of Canterburies pajjing hell. \j 16 19 . Iamt: 24. Friday at xight^ I dreamed that my father, (who dyed The fit 46. years fince) cams to me^ and to my thinking he was as wcl^ as ever Ifaw fop: dca him : be as'^d me mfott I did here, and after feme fpeech , / asked htm how 'h. 1 * Cdms ' cr long he would flay with me, hee a» fevered, he would flay till he had me away W * with him : I am not mwed with dreams s, jet I though c fit to remember this. Al! this may now be ieene written with the Arch. Biff of s owre hand , in that book of hi$,now in Mr. Prims cuftodie. And zhz Arch -Bijljsp hwfL, ftlfe being m White- Ha!/ in his jollity, and Ruffe, about 5 .years fince. toM the Right Honour ah U the Earl aiPcmhrooke^ and Earlc of Monmouth ,thac when he was in Oxford, he dreamed that be (hould come to the higheft,and greateft preferment in Church and Static that ever any Clergy man did, & Vf* f n } Br ~ that he fliould be in great fa vour, power, and authority > and make groat ^ beoTL d changes and alterations in the Church, for fundry years, but yet>after al this, u ve , & ^ f . he (hould be hangd at raft. At which the fa id Lords failing into a great ^catb heflm'J laughter : Hi* Majefty that now is, heating it,came into the room & deman- $<* ded of them the caufc of their mirth, that ne might have a fhare.tf it : w here- unto the truly noble Earle of Pembrooke anfwered , that the reaioa of theic laughter was ? at adream w ch the %s2rch-Biffjpo{ Canterbury had newly told them ; Whereupon the King demanded what the dream was, to which the Earlc replycd, rhat it was the Arch-Btfhvps own dream, & he was beft able to relate it to his Majcfty ; upon which, the King ( calling the Arch- Btfhop to him)caufcd runfef 4 their preface ,io tel the dr$am over again to the King hiiulfcife. But to returnc to my Cathedrail newes, to tell you what hadi followed thole obfetvabk alarums in that Cathedrail. On tkeir Candlemas day at cttbcliat f. nighe, 1 641 . Tbofe Ccnfecrated Images about their, new Cathedral Font wages faM. were all demoh(hed,& taken away,they knew not how, nor by whom that purification was ohferved, without Candles : But a few days after, fome of fatytpnt i in thole Idcljwere found in that (fashedraljn a PuJpitjvherea Sermonhad not ^eaiWHig^ pinprcached neer 20, years bifore : But were not thole Images put into * lt% QfI ' *' that Pu!pir,to preach in rhat Cathedral, touching wooden P'tufls, and Idol- Shepbea'ds}bi\z ofthat haunts, the Prelats made no dumb complaint to the King htmfclfey'*, ben he was l*ft thcrt, in his jouxac,y with die Qu : to £> anc * ci'owchcd cowards their Akar,akhough thiy did notferve chv.Prit(r 3 dcfiiKcr * ' aS ^ e deferred., as the ^^/> Prelate of St. Andrews in Scotia. d was ferved,. when they hurled creckets, andftooles and tiicks at h m, when he firlt read the new Scots Service-took* inh\s Ponttficabtltts ; Bur they ciyedout aloud in the time of the £athedr#ll Service, many Sabbath dayes; Leave jour idolatry , leave your idolatry there. And one Sabbath day , .when after the Sermon was ended in chat Cathedrall J^tfire, and the Pfuhne after Sermon r &e Cat he- vvas beg un : c ^ e -#^6 Triefi or dw# v:enc before, and the /aw Priefl 9 or droll pop'jb Petti-cwon behind hicn.& the Vergerer,ot Vfoer before both: all three dack- progrti to the ing, ducking, ducking,iike wildc-geefe , head to taile, as they went from Alt xr m set- t h e i r f ea te3 in the Quire, up to the High Altar , where the Priefts flood un« till the Org^and Quire nad ceaied : and then the Altar-Priefl began to readc cut o/thc Service-books y the Cathcdrall third Service, or After ^ Sermon- fervice : But thepcoplfcfung on ftill>(the, Organift haying carnally called the firft pare of the 119. Pfalm .* ) Whereupon the Altar-Prieft called thef ettucanm, a f riefled Weaver that waited on him at the Altar, a heavffira- him theg r and Pricft fent downe from the Altar to bid the people leave uout Mttrftr- finging. The Petti.canon called out aloud , leave jour flngmg > leave yom % vice. f lr >g* n g '• buc they lung on : then the Pctti-c anon called out to the Priefl at the Attar ■ Sir they do't for the nonce , they do't for thenonce; then one puli'd the P£tt/'_tf4»e»bytheS«r^2^behinde, and cryed out, you are a Weaver: another cryed out, leave your Idolatry: but {Withe people fung 0:1: All this time the Priefl (rood dumb at the Altar, with his Service- rs JUar- booke,m his Surplice, Hood , and Tippet, and had loft his dinner , if he had %9itit U\i to " oc coarc down from the Altar, and gone home without reading any more lift bit tinner Altar Service at that time, and left the people ringing, who when the Priefl was gone from the Altar, and the j£uire rifen, did all depart home quietly \ and after that time the CathedralUfts would preach no more in the J^urr?, but in the Sermon^houfe, asi>efore. jL huge Mtfi'xf One of the great Canons , cr Prebtndsjn the very acl of his low congy ihg tefiiuta a J towards the Atcar,as he went up to it, in Player rime,was(nat long fincejre- tuKgfr.g Altar faiutcd by a huge raaGiffe dog, which leapt upright on lum,oncc Scagaine^ '^ftj'fw pawed him,bh:s ducking falutingprogrclTc,&pofture to the Altar, fothac he was fain to call out aloud, takg away the dog, take away the dog. At the election of Burgetfes (oxCtnterburie, upon thefummensofthe Parliament, in the yeare 1 6 3 *7. The Prottors* V idlers, Tappers , and other friends of the fothedra/l^nd P re laticall party, at C*nterburie y were for the Arch. B flops Secretary go be BurgeJJe there, who came downe before the day ofeleitaon for that purpofc, ana prepared his forefaid friends ti vote for him : and at the day or election* he came into the Guild-Hall QiQmterbn- tie CuiheilrJl newts from Canierburie^ ip tie and there produced to the Citizrnsjcrtcrs written to them in I h behaif 7 he r -chtcs fiom his Lord and Matter the Arch Btjhp , and Ircrti the tben Lord AV- ^l]^J^/' ur ' />:r:andth'n the Secretary made a Speech to the Citterns to chufc him Birr- Ji*"'*/ ,*'/,~ gefic ; in which Oration he ("aid, there it a yZiwc banging before ytu , of a t79n ebvfifg. great Benefactor to this Cttic^ the fame man was the founder of the ( ' clledg rhe Anh H- /« Oxford whete I lived. Tntf Citizens fhesringthis^ciyed out aloud : no ftps Uctaarp pictures , r.o Images , no Pep /?/ , no Arch-bfo-ips Sec etarj, we have to* ro ttirgcsfz. entry mages and pictures mihc Cathtdrall already : and after that tbey *vou»d not iv arc him fpeake a wordmorc^ but hift him dewne : and prc- fently cryed up others, whom they then chofe Bu^gcfles for that Citic. And a Petti cat on of that Cathedrall, being voting there , for the Ai cb.B-.fhops A fj f *PtdCa-> SecYctane % one told him he was no Free man, and therefore could have no ^ ra f /f ' e *- Vote the*e : Ke renlycd, / am a Free- maaj have my copr»e m ny pocket ; ^tib Procters then one f [d,'tis trtte inde;d t hc is a We aver he is fee of that trade i Then and Fidlm, tht-re arofe a loud cry amongfi them , a Weaver a Weaver , a Weaver, a &c, for the Prtcft. d Weaver, m a Canonical 'coats. £ ch Bijboft Trie (standee of 'that Cathedrall, aboit two ycarcs (ince , havi.gfe: (ted ^LJ2'wr- lonae Maligoams that came from the Do^nes^t Deale > where they wouid iiaanat. have feazed on the Parliaments (hips : after dinner, he, having accompanied them out otTowne, inhii Coach : at his returue, his Coach overthrew into . the Cowon fewer, or broad (linking ditch, between the three Kings Tavern, ti J°f} e ^^ c J and Kings bridge jn Canterbwie : the great Cathcdrallift crying out, helpe though K}vgo me,helpeme\\ he people laughing at their Land Sbipwrack , and filthy be hare. pickle, and bedaub' d white Satcin gowne of the Fanaale Cathcdrallili : The people faid alio, that the Prelates would have a g' eater fall>they hoped. And flncc that, there was Cathedr all new es font Canterburie inprint s m a letter , written by a Ai after oj a Colledge, ztiArch.l>eaconytw&Pre- hendsfii three Parfons> and yet butoncman.a CaKterhurian CathedralLft. which primed newesiome called the Cathedrall 'amentationfor Dagon's downfalls Thenewes was 3 that the Troopers fought wirh God himfefie in the Cathedrall Qj^re at Canto* tune. But the trueth is that en the 26. of ■Auenft, 164a. Some zealous Trtwcrs, after they had (by ccrrmand ) c^dt altars' fektn the pewder and ammunricn out of that Mabgnanx Cathedral! , they i mai \ s $er. fought (it fecmes) with ihe Cathedrall Gods, named mthatpnntcd kttei : vice-h§cket 9 tai With rbeheefcs upwardjdieyfttfht 1ome /ma es,Ciuc fxts , and Jruks? f*»g bookes and ont gieafie Sen ice-beck, aid a r ggfd Inn ck ct tie where ot tfi«0*,callcd a SnrpLffe, ard begin to j-Lj the tunc cftl.e*who ptefently cal'd oft'the Souldiers, who after- thedratt pric^ wards fung Cathodrall Prick/fong »as they rode over 12 ar ham-dovmc to- .fHk^t c w* vvards UovertVi'tihPrtckrfong leaves in their hands, and lighted their to_ J0r bscco-pipes withthcmrfueh pipes, and Cathedral! Prickzfong did confort well together. Bat alter this Cathtdrall famifado,\hz\E Quire, which be- fore had all the Pipes, both Service indSermon % hath never iince that time had once Service, or Sermon in it to this day* There arc no Cathedrail Se- raplums heard toiling their Quire Service from one fide of the Quire to the Gther^onei'y plaine Servicc-booke Service is read in the Sermon-Hottfe. And they have never lee up their Akac any more iince that difmall overthrow. They had removed it ofthimfelves y not long after the Parliament began, ac- cording to the pious Order of Parhiment; but they let it up againe Altar* v;iie,that day the Sermon was preach' t there, before the King , when hee flaid at Canterbury In his late journey with the Queen to Dover : and fo Tve-CaihcJtaU their Akar ilooduatill thofe Reforming Troopers removed it w$ih a %en- higb Aiiarrcr g eaiice% And as for their Altar- trinkets, their (ilver Bahn and C andlefticks, ' 'f ^/f • * ' U a tRC ^ rc ^ aCCS n3 d n ^ tncm fr Qm tne Troopers, but afterwards fold them to a Merchant in Canterbury,for feare they (liould be fuzed on for the pubhque A 16(1$ Vtjfct defence of the Kingdome. But when they heard that a fack pofiet was eaten */»^co»/Jo^/J outo frhcirCathtedrallAItar-Bahn 5 they were much offended, that a con- c -*tbtdiill}ia- .i ccratc d.Bafinfhould be foprcphancd, and thereupon bought againe their * n% Bafinand Candicflicks, which fome affirme, haci ta'low-canciks in them M orderly lit* while the fack-poflet was in eating. But this was but a foretamer of a fo-jvmhn hi- more orderly and through Reformation in that Cvied al, which (according gw*i$ ihz Car to another piois Ordinance of Parliament fcrdenv-'hfniug of Monuments of '^ c: '^( 5/Ctf **Idolatry)bcganuponthe/A/>^«w/j^^rfl/ , Dtrf«>^r /aft, that v&yday in terbum.. vvhich the neck of ihcHoptonians advance int Kent was broken , by trat ldtilt pufled utter defeat given the LcrdCrafords whole Regiment y 2\ Al:on o by the Re- d«wnt.& e*r- Ugtow andV'aUaui Sir -William Waller ? w\ at g.ven on tfcat day, w\eiv anqvJIM ma dc way for his taking oiAjuvAel CaftU-& toi the abfolwcC repulfe of the the lam daj, cftcrn y # £ GC j s providence fitted that day to b< gin thot Deliver ance , when that mo ft idolat om Cathedrail fir ft began to be \urgtd oj thefe akomi- >;able\magts cfjealoufe. The Cathedrall men would not execute that Or- dinance thcnjfelves, they loved theit Cathd\ an i of Chrift, beftdesa large Crucifxe, and the picture of the Holy Ghoft, in the form of a Dove, and of the 1 2. Apoftles : and in that win- dow were feven large pictures oftkbPhgi* Marie > in feveri fevcrall £16- L) ricus £ 2 Cd thedrall nencsfrom Canterburic^ r ious appearances, jgs of the Argclls lifting her into heaven, and the Sm\ Moon, and Stars under her feet, and every pitlnre had an l'n/cription un- der it, beginning wkhgattde Marta : as, gaud* Maria fan fa det, that is, Rcjoyce cfl/rfr/ thou Spoufe ofGod. There were in this window, many ether pictures ot'Pcp/Jh Sams, as of St. Gcorgc.&c. Bur their prime Ca- thedrall -SW^-Arch-Bilhop Thorns Becket, was molt rarely pictured in that window; in full proportion, yyiihCope, Rochet, Miter , Crofier , and ail his Tonxificahbus. And in the foot of that huge window, was a title, intimating that window to be dedicated to the Virgin Alary. In ibidem & honor em beatifftmt Firgims Maritmatris det &c* But you have a re- eifter of xht Cathedral! /dolls in a 'ate boot mentioned in the recited C ant eyburic Petition : In that Prelaticail book, thanks are given to the The Pro&ors piety ofthefe times, that the Altar in that Cathedra// was i© richly ador- book a beipe to nec £ t 'h ere ls a projeel for a dhcqvery to what Sat'm every parifh Church mtiJbjm el" is dedicated \ that Church- Ales', & &#*; and pai ifc-feofis may be better 'dzaLft m kfs kept : This book was a card and compare to fail by , in that Cathedral 0- \Vil. r ?*# of /mages \ by it many a Popim picture was difcovered . and demo'i- fried- It's lure working by the bcoke .■ Bur here is the wonder, that this booke/houldbeamcanstopull down Idols, which fomuch aivaucct'j I- dolatry. But as that window was the luperftitious .dory of that. Cathe- drall;as it was ivholyfuperfiitious,fo now it is more defaced then any win. daw in that Cathedra//. Whi/ft judgment was executing on the Idols in that window : the Cathedrallifis cryed our againe for thcit great Diana, The Cathe- hold your hands, kohl hc/t, titers Sir. &c\ A Afinijler being then en the dralluts cry t0 p of the Citic fodder neer 6c. fte ps hi oh, with a whole pike in his hand cutjorthttr rat ]j n a down # - pi.lu.es of Cod. he Father, of Cru- **ne mti*u- cifixes ; and men piayinq tc Crucifixes, and to the Virgin A/ar/e : and I- mwiojldttor. mages lay on the t'orrbs, vvith eves an j hands lifted up, and right over V) ' them was pictured Gcd the Father, imbracin^ a Oucifx. to which. the I- magc feemed to pray. There was a Cardt*//P. hat as red as ? >Jood, pa^'n. tea in the hi^heft window in that Cathcd in % II- Harry fteeple, - . „ over the CUiire doore, cover in ? the Arch'-Kfliops } rmc s , w'iiicn Hat *P* rmaMS [ )a i not fo much reject fLewcd it . as ( at ha I at Court, it was £ot bowed too, but railed dowue; There waealfo many / u-e Cnffes *** * T~ : Cathcdrall nerves from Canterburie* 2 3 frpjf/^ demolished, winch Hood without the Cathcdrall, four onBelL cnffaatdu' Amndell ftceple : and a great /«W/ of Rone , which flood on the top of mages 3 *>hhotit the roofe of that Cathedral! , over the South dore, under Be]], the Cathedra^ Harry iteeple, was pulled down by ico. men with a rope : in the fall it dimftjbed. buried it feife in the ground, it was (b heavy, and fell lb high. This Image icid a great brazen Crofle in his hand : it was the Statue of Michael the Arch- Angel, looking flraight to a lane right overagainft it, in Cantorhu- H*t called Angell-lane. There was demolished alio, a very large (lone I- T)age Q&Chr$ft p over which was the Image of the holy Ghoftjn the forme Dfa Dove .-this Idoll flood right over the great Cathedral! South-gate sext the Bull fla!ce : this Image was pull'd down with ropes : at fir/1 the lead began to fhake and nod to and ftp, a good whilcrat la/1 it fdl off* two loures before the body . which was ri vetted to the wall with iron barres. The P*fiftt report it w as a mtracle, that the Inuge nodded the head to jjfuppofedmi* reprove thoie that pu ] Sd it downe, one fatd then, it was a fhame they ratie of an idoJi ffioul i pullit do'yne in iuch a bafe manner .This Image (amongfl the reft) *oddi*g d maul Uim'with ftonw, and fliall wee flo- cu * P € ^P l( lh * ilat^reat Citte^ tLa »*t c Lathed tn fine ltnnen i fttrple,& fcarlet, & dec- 1yd JP.tb gold J" /» c nOHsfio?es, foal Ac lay alas rhat great fothedrall , oh the gondlv fa .ttd n? - M\ves, oh the golden 1' ah er»ac(*rfo>kj oh the Gloria ohs 'S lory cloth, o! i { * cofy Coper, Bafins, a, -J. Candle ft ick* '» oh the rich Hangi*igs % oh che Arch-Btfiopj ctnfecrauA Chair e ; Si:ch clamours were beard *hcii die h by«S were defaced : but w ee lead, Ails 19. 19, That they \Sicb be 1 ceveo did qt'ke^bolKh their fu per ftkious device*, how cu- rious and cciuy fpever, thougb d <*y wew vucufc 50000* pieces of filvcr : let .. thofc -h-u cry out agfdnjft this Rvfornraticn, read thcie ( »nd the like) pla- ces of J5crit*Ul?, Exod.^.i 4. NuffK $?•$*' Vent. 7.5.1 Kings 15.12. 2 X^.184. ifa 30.22* ij^i.5.- i.T.b iaft e^cc*jr ; ,on ^g^ir4.1fru: Tdcls iiuhat Cathvd^l; vva> dong 1a *.he Cloylkr, diVW Cructpx:s& Mitred D 2 Saiac- ■2 4 CdthedrallnewesfromCzmexbmiz. ^* Saints were bartered in pieces there: St. Dunftans Image pulling the Divel by the nofe with a pair ef tongs, was pulled down, Devtllznd all. When 7 % ' J T' l " Jt , ' ^ cnc Cathcdrail men heard chat Ordinance of P ariiament, zgfmfo Idolatrous a* ' °r*nfj^ Monuments was to be put m execution, they covered a coniplcat Crucifixc °' tj,n in the Sermon-houfe windows, with thin boords, and painted thcm,to pre- fervc the Crucifix, but their jugling was found out, and the Crucifix demo- lifht. And as the mwuments ot Idolatry arc in great part taken outo{ that Rcmtjh Cathedra! 1: So that Cathedrallnefi of Prelaticall Hornets , is clittott difperled and gone ; God hath fcattered the proud. Theit old Deane C*t*einiH ^-. j s t | ca( j ab cvc a y Car fi nc ^ anc j their new Dean (chofen at Oxford) dyed at tj * J Oxford ; And a youvg Cathedrall Doctor too, who firft recanted here, Cc went to Oxford and dyed lately there : and many other of thofc Prtlats be- ing lrccndiaries,and Delinquents* are kept in fafc cuftodic. Thus a viall Ci , K j r3 g, isnowpowrcd out upon this Cathedra, or feate, or Throne of the Bcaft, ntief'a feate ot aiic * though they gnaw their topgues for paine, yet I do not heare that thej| ikuxr.A 1 <:etk» repent them of their Prelaticall and Malignant w*yc*,togivc God the glory, ft, itt C unb Revel. 1 6. 1 o. ittfiAt-Ckurcb Anc | no w to cnc j ^ w j c h YCr y g^ Cathedrall news from Canter bur te ) ^wc^tbzm tnc Honourable Hemic o( Commons hath begun to fettle an able & Orthodox a feate , or Miniftry in cbat Cathedral, where 2 Sermons are now preached every Lords throne $f a bo- day , bcfides the week dayes preaching there : light comes in there through mjlj Bt&fl'.ial* t he window Jv where the painted Images ftood,and kept it out ; now there is m^witl ™fa\t'bctcrod9X 9 4nd Malignant Catheiral fluff heard there, as befoto hit Irluticall tn * s blevTed Reformation, now fo happily begun there , by the care and la- crew, bour of die Parlimenr,amidft fo many difficulties : they remove the old rub- ova Gr*?e- bi£h, and build the Temple apace,though with the fword in one han may (without knocking up their Ca- thedrall Porter) p3ck away v\ith all their Cathedrall Bagg and 7 a^gage, uu i'iclaticll t'o^.'li fi inlets, to Lambeth Fair:. 1 1 N 1$. 7? % y 13» fl Antidotum Culmerianum : || <*$ o r, m Jg UPON ^ »" ^ <$$ A late Pamphlet, entitule ^ Cathedrall J^evpes from Canterbury, m m 4* «§8 4)i 5 r RICHARD CULMER, Who is here ( accbrding to his friends defirc, W& and his own defcrt) fet forth in his colours* Wfr PSAL, 63. 12. |^p The mouth of them that fpeak lies (hall be flowed. 3^ Iftic thefaurus ftultis in lingua pofitus cft,ut malcdicant mdioribas. «$& Gildai Ecclefiaftic. Or din, Corrept. ^^ Britannia habet Sacerdotcs, fed nonnullos infipienteS; quamplnri- JS- mos Miniftros, fed multosimpudentes : Gepius detrahen- ^** te«, & raro vera dicentes : vet itatem pro initnlco odientes , & |p3^ mendaciis ac fi chariffimis ftatribus fa ventes . ife&j O X F O R D, Printed by H.Hall. 1644, IS* ^\ To the %eader. WAlkingLondon-ftreets, which ccchowith nothing more of late , then Nerves , and Nerves-books : {Erne Lijippe nevos tot a canit tithe libellos) And hearing one, among the reft jof that upftart Corpo- ration (of N ewes-mongers ) proclairae Catbedrall Nerves from Canterbury, aplacewhereuntol have formerly had fomc relation • and in my progrefle a little further, find- ing the very fameNcvves objected to common view on fome Stationers ftalls, reeking hot, as new as day 3 being ; by the midwifery of the Prefle newly brought into, the world, for the arguments fake, I could not but turn pur- - : chafer, and beftow a fmall piece of lilvcr on it, refblving* after I had perufed it my felf, to communicate it unto one or othev of mine old acquaintance upon the place. Re- tiring therefore to my chamber , I prefently fell to the fetching out my penny-worths : and, though I found the ' Canterbury-tale fomwhat long, yet the length of it fb fweetened with gallant palate-pleafing mixtures and va- rieties, favouring as well of profit as delight, the primer procurers oi an authours praile, (Qmne tulit funffum qui mifcuit utile inlet) and fet off with Rhetoricall flowers,and the quintefiencc of inticing language, I would not, I could not leave it, after I had once begun, uhtill a through perufall. And how much the rather, for the noble and famous Authors fake •, a man whofc fweetneffe and meekneffc of temper, and Dove-like conditions ,do notably anfwer to that An- gular antipathy to the breed of Snakes and Serpents, by Sem j ^ -, Solinus an old Hiftorian , afcribed to his na:ive foile , nrambHLyf* (the Ifle of tbanet: ) being indeed a man (as I have K^nt^im^ A st 'heard, heard, and partly know) of great gravity, fingular mode- fty 3 and other rare gifts , both natural! and acquired : whereof what further evidence needs any man expert, then the prefent elaborate piece, the book in hand. This indeed is my opinion • wherein! think I am fb right, fb modeft in my Encomiaftick of the worthy Authour, as I {hall not need to doubt of any mans concurrence in opinion with me. And being taken with the con- ccit of the Authours leaving the Pulpit^ to follow the freffe •, in a humour I refolvcd to leave my old trade ( of ftreet- walking) and go to try another while how I could play the Mercury, and write a piece of Newcs . Eurnifh- ed therefore with materialls from Thanet y from the Free- School? at Canterbury, from CMagdalen-Colledge in Cam- bridge ^xomGeodneftone in £ 'aft- Kent , frQm Herbaldorvne and elfwhere r I put them in Rank and File, and marfhal d them as well as I. could in the following fheets * how handfomely I feare, it being my ffrft EiTay of this kind, the firft time I ever offered at the Mercury. Some candor may incourage the new beginner to ftudie your requital! with better fruits hereafter. In the meane time (good Reader,to be ferious with thee) expert not here any med- ling with State-matters^ any cenfuring of Superiours,any reflexion upon the higher Powers : no,the Nerves and the Nerves-monger (and fome of his mates) are the fble fub- je<5t of this difeourfc, and that only (as thou haft it in the Title) for an antidote againft fiichgrofTe and notorious flanders upon his brethren, as his tmalicious pen , under the notion of Nerves y endeavours to obtrude upon credu- lous vulgar Readers in thefe cenforious times -, whileft, for want of a mil rour to reprcfent unto them the Accufer himfelfe in his own likenehc, what might fet a due value and a right eftimate upon his cenfuies of other mcn,is al- together wanting. Thus advertifed, I bid thee Farewell. Antidotum 3 <§> $> 4> & <& * 4k A ^ <& ■& <& * $ & & <& & Antidotum Culmerianum : o R, Animadversions upon a late Pamphlet, ENTITULED, Cathedral! JSQwes from Canterburies : BY RICHARD CULMER. M ■ • * « H O begin With the Title, Cathedral! Nerves. A 7 ^/.. What a falfe Signc is here huns out? What an 7gw« fatuus hath this Scriblei lighted, both to his Patrons and Reader ? Cathe-, dralt Newes ? Why how now friend ? What out as foone 3S in ? Out at the very firftftep? Stunbleatthethreilioli? Ca- thedra 11 Newes, quoth he 2 Nothing le£fc man. Doth not the whole Kingdome ring . of the fpoile of many of its gcodlieft CathedraJls, become Mar- * jn*. (objecls of Martyrdome) by the fury and malice of iuclt. -defperate wild Reformers as you and your fellowes , Hrc j thefe armes taken up, as at PVinchefier y Lincolne, Lichfield, Peter- —Encjuodif- t>prcugh> * kc. and is the ftrving the Canter bttrian Cathedra/I cordia TempU in the like kind, or worfe, Cathedrall Ncwes now ? Away, mi- Terduxit ntii-* ftaken mart-! . away with your ftale newts, (linking ftale indeed, an humble confeflion, accompanied with an hearty contrition would have better become you. Trom whence But ftay, what's next ? From Canterbury, CathedraU Newes from Canterbury. To fee: what out again ? Fie, blunderer, fie I what another fumble? miftaken ftill? Call you this (lory (of yours) of that Cathedrals ccurfe ufage, Nerves f No fuch matter; friend : 'tis but the fccond part of fuch Reformat ion* Nerves from thence. The Reformation I wis, of that Cathedrall by fomc friends of yours,begun (youknow,and I feare the ftreets of Afca- Ion ring of it ere this time, how much more every corner of the Kingdome: ) well neere two years fince, the true ftory whereof D. P ask to the recorded in a Letter written to a noble Lord from a worthy Earl of Hoi- member of that Society (however fcorn'd and flander'd by your hn&yin Au- paultrie pen, whiift you are not worthy to wipe his fhooes)po- gufty 1 642. fterity cannot read, without a due mixture of wonderment, and deteftation ; detefting the aftion, whilcft they wonder not fo much ( perhaps ) at the aftors as at the age theyliv'd in, crying out with the Poer, O tempora 1 O mora! What, Well, but the Canterburian CAthedraU ("for fo hi adds J is in An Abbey 'like , corrupt and rotten condition &c What meane you, friend * the materiall ftrufture, the Fabrick? If fo/tis true e- nough. Abbeyes indeed ever fince their deferved demolition and downfall, have be m in fuch a corrupt and rotten condition, a negle- cted prey to winds and weather; and to the like doth that Cathe- drali tend apace, thanks to you and your fellowes Orderly Refer- wation % whereby it is expofed to the injurie of all weathers, by removing its wonted glazen flielferofaftrangethicknefle, info- much as, what with the Raine fomtimes, with Snor* another * The warmc while, getting in at the broken windowes in great abundance, cor- and well-fea- niption and rottennefle have begun to feize on the walls. And for ted Sermon- t ^ ie ^loore,in what a ftrange ancouth pickle it was,all the Church houfe it felfe *° ver > w ^^ ! ^ e grat Snow* the lift winter, and both before and (p*£**') no * ^° c c with the raine, is too well knowne (I wifti it were not) excepted. M^ to ftjPDgew tnxl domeftkks : the ftory whereof ( of that Orderly *^ " 3 ' A nti&otum Cnlmtrinnum*. 5 Orderly Reformation, I meane) is not now to write, though this be no time for truth, and true ftories of this kind to flu-w them- felves. Veritas odium parit* But we miftake the man. This is no part of his meaning. 'Tis Strange news, the Pcltticali not the materiall condition of the Cathedrall he in- and why* tends, the Conftitution of the Society there. And is that your meaning, friend ? Why then you tell us newes indeed, and very ftrange newes too; fuch as your fardell of arguments, a Colis par- ticularibus, a mere perfonalibus , fhall never beare ) ou out jrr, What ? do you think to argue down a Society, a Corporation, a Colledge, a Company, from the perfonall faults, abufes, corrupti- ons, failings of fome one or more particular members, and fome of them, iftrue, not their own neither, but their wives or their fervants I What Society then of any kind fliall ever (land? What Function not mifcarrie i Shall we have no more Minifters, no more Magiftrates, beciufe of each fort fome have beene Delin- quents ? Doughty Logick I Or,to argue adhominem: There have been rakehellie boyes fomtimesat the Camerburian Free- Schools, and fuch, that, for an offence of an high nature, being threatned * . „ . with due correction, have taken SancTuary in a* Bench-hole, &c. r I T A The fame, or fome other, when afterwards tranllated to the Vni- J '&"Z e J " verfitie, have played as bad or worfe pranks there, fuch indeed as c * H i\ > J or have cofl: their authors an expulfion ; doth it follow hence (good c . s non Richard) by any good confequence in Logick, that either the ^ U;mt , ar, 8 u "- Schoole or Vniverfity muft down for this ? But to the Newc s y the corrupt confutation of the Canttrburian Stran^r vet, Cathedrall, What ftrange newes is here f This verily is novum & inauditum* No fobcr, no well-advifed Proteftant,before thefc times, ever faid it. Pafle you (hall, forme, forthefirft that ever brought fuch tidings to the eares of any true fonne of the Church of England, fmce the Reformation oi that, and the like places, by Uen.%. In former time indeed it might,, it did defer ve the ferme,, and therefore in an happy houre the hand of providence lent a re- medy, changing it from (what you call it) a neft. of idolatrous x proud, lazie y covetous Monks \ into a Colledge of learned and re- ligious Labourers in Gods Harvcft, yeelding, from time to time 5 fuch numbers of worthy Divines, and of excellent parts, fome in preaching, others in writing, Champions of fuch value , both what thinke vou of that bletTed Martyr Ridley > rhn Catbedra/l y° uv 0WB terme > an( * he deferves it) of M. Beacon, D. Bale t fruit full of fa- D^hitsker, D.Saravia,M.l/aac Cafaubon, T>.Boys, D.Clerke, mow men. M.rrtlfin, to fay nothing of Dm Moulin , the famous French Dft» vine, and others haply as defcrving of the moderne Society ? Theleand many more fuch like, are knovvne (one and all) to have been in their times fucceflbrs of thofe unworthy Monks in this ve- ry Cathedral! : but can you in cold blood, put on that more then brazen impudence,as to averre their imitation of them in practice at the fame infknt too when your felfe fa burning and /lining light) are in election to be of the Society ? you may if you plcafe; nay what do you lefle? when in plainetermesyou tell us, that tbtfeprelaticaflfuccejfors of the idolatrous, proud, Uz,y, covet ms Monks, m they fucceded them in place , (o they fo limed them in pra~ Bice : and in a fcurrilous, fcandalous, bafe character, call the Soci- ety (the Cathedrall Corporation,) Anefl of Non-Rejldents; an Epicurean Co/ledge of riot and voluptuoufne(fe; a Schoolefor €om- plement in Religion , btit a fcourge upon the life and practice there- of; A refuge for fuperftition y but the bane of true piety, The fbame of the Clergy, and the fcorne of the Laity : with many other ex- Pajr>4ril 3 l6> P re *fi° ns * r that prodigious nature, both in your EpiflU, and fe- •zo.orc. * verall other parts of your Pamphlet, fuch as Lucian himfelfe •would fcarcely own. Hence let the indifferent Reader judge, and tell tne, if we are not like to have a goodly fuperftrufturc, a preci- ous ftory, when the foundation is laid in Lies , in Slanders, of fuch a latitude, of fuch an influence and reflexion. What others may conceive of it I know not, but I am perfwaded that thePa- pifts, the Jefuits, with the whole rabble of Sc&aries, will make great advantage of it againft us, not knowing what better fport to wifh for, then to fee us fpit venome, caft dirt in the faces of their greateft Antagonifts, and ourchiefeft Champions ■> the Cha- riots and the Horimcn of our Ifrael , the great and glorious Aflerors of the True Reformed P rot eft ant Religion* Miraculous But that which folio wes in the Title , though not of fo great Newcs* concernment, yet is more ftrange ftill $ The Archbifbop of Canter- buries Paffing-bell rung miracnloufly in that Cathedrall. Here I would CA-i}^' Antidotttm Cnlmmanum. 5 Would aske him ; if he have this by hU wne obfervation, or by (o- thers) information. Itfeems from neither : for faving here only in the Title, we heare nothing at all of it in the whole enfuing difcourfe. And here obferve we a fallacy of his : / have the en- A Fuila* hands, and an able trencher-man befides, in Cambridge, famous /f/X'iTT/*" for foot-ball and lwimming : * but who ever thought him cm fe m £ Xm^o B out verjipellii* $ AntUotum Culmeriamm. out for a LMtrcury before ? as being for thoie abilities he bath, xJMarti aptior quam Mercurio , fitter Tor to ferve Mars then the (JWufes , & Bara quam Ar* 3 the Bogs then the Geds , better at fighting then inditing. But this is not his firft eflay at the Mer- cuty:\i you would know when he firft fat up, it was about Chrift- mas laft,when he tooke and fent up in writing to a brother Mer- cury (as he is communicative) a learned Legend (for the quanti- ty as full of Lies as his ) of the try all and execution of a notable Malefattor and Countryman and name-fakejDocl.^V^.- a faire beginning[wasit not? to due his firft eflayes from the Gallows. But fee the mans popular itch ? O , pulchrum eft digito monftrar* & Meier hie eft. The Galiowes, and a poore bale felion (hall bee his theam, rather then faile of publicke notice. Afove^no- A truce principium , 'tis with him, and much good doo't thee ^ickj) proceed and profper. Alpha tuum quale eft mega fit % tuum» His Colledge, Leaving his name, proceed we to his title .• heretofore oftMag~ and demeanor j a i en Colledge , &c. Since he is pleafed to provoke me with the mention of his Colledge J cannot choofe but mind e him,and ac- quaint the Reader with a ftory of one of his name , fomeiime of that Colledge; the fame that borrowed (as you heard erewhile) in a bench- hole , thence called to this day, Culmeri Lattbulum; the fame that at another time let himfelf down Tanet cliffes by a rope faftened about his fathers Cowes homes feeding by the place, to feek for Dawes nefts (an adventure that hath hardened him everfince againft all feare ©f harme by the rope: ) 'twas (they fay) a red hair'd , freckle fae'd fellow, Judas nown com- plexion, but no matter for that, ceteris imparibus : we ufe indeed to (ay mat Vultus indicatanimum , the index of the minde is the maws countenance, but we will anf wer that with a Trente nulla fdes, 'tis uncertaineaime that is taken by the countenance, the iiireft is the converfation. Buttomy Story : This Collegian getting him a bag ( ludas bare the bag ) for the mending his commons with boy I'd, buttered wheat, made it his common pra- ctice about harveft time to plunder for wheat in fome neighbou- ring fields. The owner obferving day after day that his come . Was ftolne, but ignorant how or by whom , watch'd it one day, and tooke the thiefe damage feaf ant ; but let him fiift fill bis bag, and then dogging him home to his burrow > the Colledge, made ^ AntUotum Cnlmmamm. n made his complaint of him to his Matter f who by the notoriety of the fa& finding him guilty, had him forthwith into the Batte- ry, gat rods ready for his corre 5. Ctdwottrou/neffe. And under tfccfc heads, as you (ball hare tbe ajans life, ( which B 1 !were 8 Antidotum €ulnteriamm t J.Ktfrtctori- Charm- 'twere pitty a man of his part fhould want , and which added to his worke,as the laudable manner is, when the author's dead, as this man either is,or ought to be, might the gallows have its due, would much helpe to vent their thoufands : ) fo like wife a fuffi- cient anfwer to mod of his accufations of value , his grofle Lies efpecially , legible enough in every page and paffage almoft of that falfe Legend. To begin then with the firfl: , his Refrattorinejfe. Being born to few naturall parts, and bred to leiTe learning, and confequent- fy wanting what might render bfm and hisfociety acceptable an.; gracefull to men of parts and worth , he betooke himfelfe upon his hrlt flight from the Univetfity, to vulgar aflbciation, conforcing and keeping company and correfpondence with none, f except fometime by intrufion) but the Ignobile mobile vul* gus, the vulg \x fpirittd rabble, a fort of people naturally given to contemne their governours and fuperiors , and to quartell with the prefent State; (Tu*ba gravis pari, plaeidieque inimica quieti ). Wherein they wa ted not for that encouragement which either his doftrine or example could Contribute. The particulars where- of are fo notorious with his Countrimen, as fpecification will be needlefie; nay I could not pleafe him and his tribe better then to enlarge with inftances , Irregularity and Inconformitj to the pre- fent government (the fruits ot Refraftorinefje^pz fling in their ac- count for fuch rare venues as they pride themf Ives in nothing more in thefe timeSr I fli all therefore harpe no longer on that firing, left I make him and his fcllo wes too much mufick , who !ove fo little of what is goo^L Proceed we then to another : for jQuifnam bominumefl quern tu c omentum vtderuum Flagitio ?• 2. impudence- Impudence is his next marke. Having a competency of a na- turall audacity, the man hath much improved it with ufe and cu- ftomej having hereby arrived at fuch' aniieight of habituall hard- neffe,as he is become audax ad omnef acinus. What action though of any modeft fober man declined comes amiftVto him ? As he iJvftancc. is a great Athenian, extreamiy given to heare and tell, to take in and let out news , whatrepon favouring his party, how falfe fo- crer , will not he ipread ? you (hall have him (and 'lis his vaine ftom one end ot the week unto the other) like the Nms-sryts of Lon- J Antiietum Culmtriamm. 9 London, or as it were fome Squus weritorius , or the Cities ©f Veredarius , to hackney up and downe all the Towne with a piece of news that he likes , obtruding it upon his cuftomers with that earneftnetTe,and backing it with fuch affe verations (as, beieeveit, Sir, 'turn. r/f true , I bad it from a good hand, you may re- port it for a certain, and the like) that it would argue want of in- genuity at lead, in any that fhould offer to diftruit it. When all this while, moft an end, 'tis nothing fo, but cujf this is fculmers news. Such great ftrangers uiually are truth A provttbe, and his reports each toother, and fuch a brand of Impudence hath this habit of Lying defervedly call: upon him. From gene- rails; to defcend to fome particulars. Was it not a pretty peece or fhameleffe Impudence to averre i.Ivjlance* fas he did) to a Committee of Parliament (when the Burgtfies of the place were by)that the Screen,the Partition built athwart the Quire of Chrift- Church, to which the Communion Table ftands, as formerly the high Altar did , which Screen be labours to demolim, did joyne fometime to (rebellious; Beckett ferine; and when the Buigefiesgainfaid him, to perfift and (land in it ? though himfelfe, as well as they, knew that Shrine and Screen never ftood neare each other by divers rods. What a ftrange peece of Impudence was that for him , flrft „ to report, as from the Committee of Parliament for Church* ^ •/ matters, or fome prime member of it, that no jot of painted glalTemuft be left Handing in this Catbedrall : and when -the thing was afterwards declaimed , as never laid by thofe he vou- ched forit, todeny that ever he reported any fuch ching? what playing Faft and Loofeis her^ ■? but quifemelverecunditlimitej trattfierit, oportet m graviterfit impudent. How (liould he be afhamed to charge the Quire-men (as hee ^.hfiamf. doth in the petition, a witty pithy peece of his owne noddlrs in- \j vention) with hudling ovei (what of latt he lovrs fo dearh ) he Common Prayeri when he knowes, and to doe many more th*e he B 3 was %o Arjtidoium Culmeriamm. was as guilty of the fame himfelfe,as any Quire-man of them all, whenCurate o( Goodneftone^ufmg in the afternoons to be fo quick to begin, and fo nimble to turne over Evening praytr, upon pre- * Goin* feven tence °^ a * on S Wa ^ bome: *(ty the Way note his Non-re ftdence, miles to fucke and his but one Sermon a day , a couple of the very negle&s a Bull; a pro- where with he taxeth the Cathedralifts) that he had done many verb well un- times before the people making to Church at two of the clocke derftood in ( t h Q acC uftomed houre) were come together,and yet threatning t oe parts. £ ome tDat thereupon left bis Church with the Commiflarics Court, Turpe eft doilori cum culpa redarguit ipfum, J. Infiaxce, Was it not an impudent part in him,to poffeffe the Parliament * with the truth of what he bach fardeil'd up in thofe foule (beets, fo as to get them licenced to palTe and come abroad by their pri- viledgc and under their prote&ion: when he is confcious tohim- felfe, and 'tis well enough knowne to his Countrymen , that ne- ver man abus'd the Parliament withfuch a mifcellany , fucha hotchpot of falfhood, malice and (lander, as by this pafquill he hath done?Butof his printed Impudence more hereafter, when, by occafion of his 2(ewes,we (hall take him to doe for his Lying. Thus then for his words, Quali* homo % talis fermc. 6. Inftance, As * or n * s A&ions , who ever put fairer then himfelfe for vi- vality in fame with infamous Heroftratus ( that, to get him a name, fet fire ofDian'j temple ) to hisfurpafling Impudence in the whole a&ion of this Cathedralls late (namefull rifling, in or- der, I wis, to its through reforming ? who but he had the Im- pudence to threih and clafo do wne the windows , in that pro- mifcuous manner without any diftindion of Kings from Saints, of military-men from martyrs,fo contrary to his Commiflion,the Ordinance of Parliament ? for that end with an over daring boldneffe, (by hisowne confefiion)climbing ladders of no com- mon height ( a fhortcr one may ferve his turne another day ) no more fcernfull then himfelfe tfcorfing Lucianltke) in termes con- cerning our Saviour, and his Apoliles figures at their pulling downe ? who forwarder then he {hamefully to violate the fepul- chres and monuments of the dead ? who fo ready as himfelfe to flyein their faces, thatexprcfledbuttheleaftdiflikeof his or his fellows wilde demeanour in that (for the manner at Ieaft) fcan- Notc* I dalous and diftaltefull adion, yea and bloody too,witnefle that fad occaiion given to a poore boy to keep it in mind , by the loffc of ^) Antidetum Cu!merid#uw. 1 1 of a couple of his fingers cut quite off, by the violent throwing to of an iron doore , by fome of the more furious inftruments in that orderly Reformation} who but he made the place his Refe- ctory* his dining roome, the place of his repaft at that time ? be- ing fo fedulous, hot and intent upon the worke , that to lofe no time in following it, he tooke his bottle and bag with him to vi- ftuallhimfelfe upon the place. Hall this amount not to impu- dence, as perhaps with too many judges in thefedayes it will not , I fhall tell you now of Impudence with a witneiTe , and I terme itfo, becaufe I have it from an eye-witnefle of good cre- dit, that, not without juft fcandall, fa w the deed done , and will be ready, if lawfully required ] toatteft and juftifiethe report with his corporall oath. What doe you thinke then of pilling _ - InftimctL in the open Church, and at noon- day, in publicke view? what the heathens of old thought of fuch Impudence, their Poets will tell us, whereof one, thus : Ptnge duos ungues, fueri y freer efl locus , extra p e r , f . CWejite And another, thus: T^ecfitis afparet cur verfusfattitet, ut cum Horace.Dc arte Minxerit in patrios cineres Poe t.ver (us Now though we have no mention of this occurrence in his finer " 3 News , in the ftory of the orderly Reformation , (fo much of mo- de% he hath left yet: ) neverthclelte Ecce homo : we ufeto fay fometimes Mutato nomine, &c. but here it needs no', for this is he, I fay not the man, but 'tis the beatt, the prodigy, that did the deed in the body of that Cathedrall ; the firft elTay I thinke that ever wa f know ne to the converting it to ( what his black mouth doth not (ticke to call it) an Augean ftable. What ChriftianS heart abominates not this unheard of, prophane, lewd impu- dence, and rifeth not in deteftation boih of k and the author? what? the Temple, Gods houfe , the place where his honour dwells, the gate of heaven, the houfc of prayer, a place to play the beaft and piffc in, for any, efpecially a Miniftet ? Away pro- phane, unhaUowed , impudent wretch, away ! by juft demerit, if ever any, thefbame oj the Clergy , and the [come of the Laity. Nor Satyrs,norfcuu<-ges can fei ve,ScorpiQns are fitter to cbaftife and expiate thy prodigious impudence. - Ab;ctffa virUiaveUem ^retkeus fibvhm nc generando far em* Call it Antidolum CnlmtrUmm. Call you this orderly reformation t Is this a pecce of that reforma- tion which the Abby- hk$ , cor -rttpt and rotten condition of that Ca- thedral! calls for t For fharuc, beaft, recant, repent; till when bee fure thou gett'ft no ©ther efteem with me (whiles what others thinke of thee J pafle not for ) then of a peece of obftinate , ob- durate, defperate Impudence. iXovtoufes. # To proceed in our charge, Covetoufnefe is his nextmarke. But i.Tim. 6. io. is he covetoufly given then? why ,covetoufnej[e is the root tfaSeviH* M- 3- S* nay it is Idolatry* And hath the wretch beftowed fo much paines, fpent fo much time in purging away the numerous Idols ,and faeeping them out of this Cathedrall , in clenfmg that Augean flab le ('tis the language of the beaft)yet is he himfelfe an Idol-fiepheard ?V Vai- led he preaches to others,is himfelfe likely to prove a caftaway? Doth he preach downe , pull downe reputed , fuppofed Idols ? and is he himfelfe thewhiJeft a reall Idolater ? The Major is cleare by the Scripture, the Minor will be ealily made good. To leave the ftory of his griping ufury to be told by his friend , Ricb- ardTifmg, and fome others, £who can tell you of his groffc op- preffion ; particularly, how that letting out money (ieoi) upon an annuity of jolper annum, for the intereft,aflured to him out of the debtors Lands, and that for certaine tearme of yeeres, he re- fufeth to take in the money, but will runne out the time.] what thinke you of him (if I may aske the queftion) that having a vifi- ble faire eftate, a liberall fortune , being worth, fuppofe a thou- fand or two thoufand pounds, or more, as fome, to whom his e- (tate is not unknowne,avouch, which he daily improoves,by the thriftieft., if not wretchedft courfes he can take, and yet fhall be- guile and coufen his own lifters of their portions ? (hall goe whi- ning up and downe, j.uft like a mendicant Friar , and pleade po- verty and want of meanes, Qwitneffe the many vifits hee ufed to beftow upon his poore neighbours r ( when hee dwelt amongft them) at Herbddoven, to borrow a few pence to buy himfelf and family bread, one of thofe trickes whereby hee wound himfelfe fo farre into the compaflion of a neighbouring rich Matron,that in comrniferation of his hence conceived penury, (he made him her conftant Aloiefman while {he lived, and her Executor when {he died/] -{hall betake himfelfe to by, indirect, and unwonted, unwarranted waycs for further improvement of his fortunes, feeking (againft the Law of Nature and common Huowmty ; for 7{emo £6 y Anttimm Culmerhnum. i% 2iemo debet letHftetari cstm dienk jatfara : ) to enrich himfelfe by other mens mines : ftiall(becaufe his defert before thefe times could never procure him any Benefice of his o wnc ) take ad van- tage of the prefent opportunities to difpoffefle another man of his, flying fometimes at this, another while at that , and ftiil you muft note (like his fellowes , followers of the fame game with him) at the faireft Livings in all the Country : You know, Sir, 9 h JI" thaoi; whoistrueandlegall Vicar of Muifter in the Ifleof Tanet , (a lckhzm ' man of unqueftionable worth in any but fuch times as thefe, wherein the beftaccompliftiments of learning and Vertue, if at leaft rewarded upon a man by former times with any futable pre- ferment , arc all too little for his protection from fuch envious eyes, fnarling tongues, and undermining braines as yours, had he not all the uprighter Judges ) you know , I fay, who is Vicar there at prefent, and I know and many more with me, whofe ce- vctonfnejfe prompts him, by malicious afperftons and falfe fugge- ftions, by indefatigable, importunate, implacable machinations, and felicitations agamft him, to ej eft and fupplanthim : wee know who's the Vicar would be. *Tis ( he fhall be nameleffej ^Dscke Culme/y Minifter of Gods Word, dwelling in Canterbury Jjeer* toforeof Mtgdalen CoSedgein Cambridge , AUflerof Arts. And can you blame him ? O ! 'tis a benefice I ike the Ifland, pleafdttt and fruitful By the way note, that 'tis the oyle of the full reve* nerves of that Vicarage that he covets, bearing little or no afFe&i- Nvtel on to the Fhcke ,but to the Fleece. And no marvell s for were the proportion of his love (mailer , yet 'tis as much as hee's like to have returned him from thence, his good conditions being fo well knowne, by long experience of that difcernxng people, his Countrymen f however courted of him in that Encomium both ofthemandtheirlflaad) that, not defirous of fuch a change, they have agreed to deprecate and obftrud: his comming tbi~ ther,having framed a Petition to the Parliament to that purpofe, under mod, if not all their hands. In the interim hee flay es his covetous appetitc,(as well as he can)wuh a morfeli neerer home worth fome i io\ per annum, or better, the Vicaredgeof S.JV*- ffer**neere the City , whence by trickes and indirect practices, getting the proper Minifter Cone of thof wh mi pag. 1 1 he mif- reports for Malignant fitbedral preachings a m?n of choice parts, and well beUvedJ to be put by, he hath intruded into his place; C ' and j^ Aniidrtum Cutmeridnum. andtbruftin his fickle there, though with as little fucceffe in point of acceptation with the people , as hee is like to finde at Minfter>\l ever hisprojeft or getting thither take erred , which + when it happens, wee'll all cry out with the Poet, (JHopfs Nifa datur ; quid non fupremus ? Thefe ar« pretty checkes (one would thinke) to his covetous ef- fayes, if the eyes of his minde were not obftinatcly (hut againft them, of whole opening till I fee fome fruits , how can I chufe 5 but from the premiffes, condemne the man of Covetoufnege * 4 Hypocrijts. His next marke is Hjpocrijte, whereof in a word : The diffem- bling his eftate by dayly pleas of poverty and want of mean«S; his furious (he wes of zeale to Baby Ions downefall- 1 , - ail patience, foreafier audience and a cceflb- fake,evc; p)cadi» v witcai.d c*i drcn,anda great charge, to the Q0ktit % rflWuiy,tfc0ti^h tiof OvH& ctedu*uuSf into* firmbclief of 6*v \ y Antlaotttm Cnlmmanum. x > of his reall penury and poorc condition. Yet as clamorous as he is againft others , to others clamours none more deafe*eard then bimfelfe : witnefle (for a tafte)che dance he led a gentlewoman the other 6zy 9 emmmg to demand fome dues of hfti, *r»rf ra*f fo tame as to be turned off with frivolous excuses, froai his Ho-, through ail the Towne, as farre as the $lcan % and then ftp be rid of her j (hewing her a payre of hedes , who would not bee (ha- -ken off untill (hefaw the Fox burrowed in a thieke wood, £t cum clamant (que nunc te proripk f) i/U Redde, Ricardt, meam s Tu f>fl virgulta lateb&. But whikft (omeare contented with this -fummary , me thinks I heare others call for a large narrative of this rare ftory s iat wbofe fatisfasftion I will over it again more punftualland fully. Afuitin I^wthen depending between cur righteous Riekard 9 and one Mr. 3?. and that being, by confent of both parties refer* T ^ e Pfl! red to ccrtaine friends for arbitration , who awarded him to pay hunted, her a certain fumme of moneys the Gentlewoman, with her bro- ther and his wife, comes one day to his hoqfe in Margtwj Pa- rifb, Canterbury, to make demand (in hope to receivers war* ded iummCj and finding him at home, makes.knowne her arrand to him.The man ( like bimfeife)prefently fell to making excufes, pretending that be was but newly returned from a journey, had fpeedily another to take » and in the interim he was bulieae his fttidy , being to preach the nest Lords day which was at hand, und therefore be could not now intead them, But the other Geptkwom$n (one of a more rmfeuline fplrit then herfifter^and # fitter therefore to encounter fuch a bafBer) well knowing the rmns conditions* replied* that cbey had a great oecafion for the psoney* that he knew well enough it was their due, and he was inueb miftaken if tie thought they would be fo put o|f $ for as they came for money, fo money they muft have, nor would they kave him till they had it, And for his preparing to preach, k was, they knewa smeere put off, for they bad not forgotten the time when be - mour, values it nor,"_ weighed with the favirrg of his money ibeing ready to take upthat of the Poet : ■ * Quid enimfahi infamia nwnmis f No roarvell that he proves fuch a rebellious fonne to the Church, his mother, that is fo unnaturall a childe to the poore aged man, his father. As for his tMaftcioufnefe. Not to infift on his continuall 7^'fe^ 1 fuits in Law, being indeed a notable Vitilfgatvr, & legis cj**m E- *<# 4 ■ vMHgeiii ptritior, abetter Lawyer then Divine ; I will trouoleyou bat with one inftance of it , which concernes a Gentleman- of birth and credit, brought in queftion for his life by the treache- rous malice of this grand impottor,wbo with open mouth,*nd air C 3 po£- I Antldrtum Culmemnum. *v jtioMccufed him to the Councell-Table of trea- '4? fp^ches, oeeafi©nfd by fome difcoiufe bet weenfi them ™* about eight or nine years fince concerning we mnfi rebe!l % or we muft befaine to rebut, cr to this efi fHirher, bep. ^# a And the better to curry favour, and purchafc the more cre« *Th!$ ** ^ lt tQ ^ s i n< **# mcnt > wfeat fincerity of Jury dorh n ^t the coun- p] ace, feit profede therein ?o (W, *>«* hi* Sovereign* Lfird Kwg Char/erf racr for whom (faith he) I pray from the bottome of my heart fa hpllow ^Roycii'h heart fure , without bottome ( that the Lord would prejerve him from Dic^ Culmer^ and his fellow:, a fort of ) /editions andyebtlii* out men t with many other overtures of loyalty,feconded with o* tber of the fame ftampj in a letter of his ( which I have teen) to a noble friend of the accufed Gentleman, written fnortiy after s wherein what profe0ions he makes of the good liking he barq £0 the Service- iootyhe catcchifticall part of it efpccially,(his fie^ dinefie and cars to continue conitant to thofe profcffions being fo eminent) I may not here* without wronging the man 3 paffe o~ vcr in fiience % which are thefe 1 tet did 1 (quoth be) clearly m^ mfefi my loyalty , in that Ididfefnblickly take hu Ma]efiies part, dvdeate ^Y 9 ^ Richard J well fare thee ) and in my Minifiry Jhavefiewod for flte'Xitur- (fall fore, I doubt* againft thy will) the like care 1 ajpeclallfroefe whereof Jfjhewd (till thou faweft thy time) ** my fjort forme af€** ■tti>hifm{ 9 which i %fed many y earn ( before their eyes were opened) &ndvefotve toufe againe (till time beter ferve thee to eaft it off) if it fkafi Gcd.ro refiore met to the exercifc of my Mwifiery, which farm* beginmh thus: Now we have learn d tafay the Cateektfme^c, let m fee worefrtlly the meaning &*e. <£(ifefi* What fay jau of our Catechifm in the *$$afe of Common 'Prayer e ^4nfw. ( Why/ds like the reft or the Books* Vopifa Matrons, Sufirflithas trsjb, &c, no ftayj The fjamhifme m our Books offowmon Prayer tsgood, and common* M W* dedbyth€KingsamhQrky i andtherforewojhoHldalllear»i$^c,{Q riteseM tbDulrnbof Antichr&l what PrcUt of them aUeouidhavefoid wore?) Bat ad rem You have heard here ofa heynous and $api« fftlUhtrgefromaveficU (oimUwebplno) of Loyalty oi go$« rwhh% 4miwki1 biittiwruinecftheaccufed, by ffH fbim* hi 4t<3 and lift. A fed tragedy toward i mb mm i fe #**w *i«*i p****$ wto ^ y ' AntidetttmCulmeriAttum. I5> treacncrous when the acculed c&me to his anfvvcr 6efore as equall as honou- rable Judges, be fo fairly and fully purged himfelfe *%*-,* , 1 s n /r t Tables would formation andcomplaint againfi Mr. B. to have been caufl'ffe andnn- ^ 1VC con j e m- jufi , did thinke fit and order , that hefhould be forthwith difebarged ned him to jrfim any further attendance concerning the fame, and that the bonds by ^eath : Qui him entred into for his appearance fhould be delivered up unto himJ at f lim ^fim^ Laflly , that the faid R. C. fhould, forfuchhis misinformation and w '««f tf* aitHftpand committed pnfoner to the /7«*.* Ext . & C faxoTa^eh fo And j wot. 20 Antldotum Culmermum. And now ( Reader) what thinke you of his Malicmfneil I conceive you expecl: no further evidence.. Leaving that then , let's try him next for his'Doltifiws. 8. Diltifinlfe. And for that, if he pleafe, he (hall have his booke , let him bee tried by that. What judicious man having read the promising Title page (where he findes the author arrogating the Title and degree of a Matter of Arts ) looks over the booke , can refraine from a Scribimus ftidotl^ do&iquc dec. of a Parturiunt montcs &c. jean conclude it to be other then a meere unworthy ridiculous peece, apitifull poore, jejune, dry, dull, empty eflay for a Matter of Arts? Can he bethought ether then a meere Ignoramus* Duns, a 'Dullard, a 2Wf,a Culmer that hath fardelled up a deale of bald, bold, bafc, virulent, fcurrillous ftuffe, as void ^learning, as of truth, as void of method as full of malice. Written furcly with A foulc pen. * n ^ e m * xt and ma ^ fe °f vinegar and kennell \yatcr , and fitter for nothing then the bafeft of neceffary ufes? what Matter of Arts,but he would not be aftiamed of fuch a blue come off? had he not great need to print his thoufands ? guiddignum tanto tullt hk promt for biatu f But (here's the knack on't) 'tis fitted to the genius of ( his old patrons J the vulgar, calculated to the meridian of their capaci- ties : and if the people, the rabble, the multitude, relifti, tafte, re- fen t it well , quoth 1>lck^ why Bej then upgoe w. If it pleafe their palats, and take well with them , fatisefifuper^^ having never yet learn'd (itfeemsj that Trincipibusplacuiffe viris non ultima Unseft* Bat what faith h«? Equljonem qumtyuhtm rnlbi plaudere euro. Thus exjje&s Notic *>e amm efttrcore, like a naeere dunghill craven. But though (by his own con- feflion) 'tis fure working by the book j -yet that's not all the evidence we have to prove his Duns (hip. Aske about in the places of his greateft conc«urfe, a. mongft thofe, if you will, that beft afreft him, and you (hall never finde their refped, their afte&ion towards him grounded upon any learning or Scholler- like parts that he is guilty of. ' Tis conftflcd of all hands , that he is a very mrane,dry, dull preacher, a worfe iifputant, and for the pen, ft liber Index , I appeale to his booke. What it is ihat hath commended him to their affection, and begat their efteem of him is, his forwardnefTc to heare and carry newes, and to be active and dextrous in fuch works of orderly reformation, as that whereof he blufheth not to make his boaft in that Lying Legend. As for any other mat- ter worthy of note in him, they are all as gr*at grangers to it at himfelfc. Bute- nough oi t&ar. Now Antidotum Culmeriaftnm* 2 1 '3 Now to his Lying* I have he?rd of a youh, one of his Tribe, p Lying* ■ bold, factious fellow, for Schollerfhip as errant a blockhead as hknfelfe, forconverfation (it may be) fomwhat loofer, much ta- xed for a notorious Z/^,and fo noted for it at the Vniverfity,that a<:o;i.mon noted Lyer,by a new invented Proverb amongft thettij was nicknamed after him ; how well he deferved it, I partly know, but how our kribler, Dr.D/V£f, deferves the like, all the ( >ity, and parts adjacent, by long cxpei ience of his common, cu- ftomary, habituall 1) ing, know fo well , that were it put to the t-e there, whether or no a notorious Lyer fhould be called a CV- metiftyl dare warrant you it would be refolved upon the queftion, perquam pauc is contraAkentibus ^liwko. affirmative. Whence els our common Proverb of Culmers Newes, taken up for an odious <*A Proverb, untruth, a lowd Lie ? A faculty that hath fo difparaged his intel- ligence, whereof he makes a trade,that truth, and true intelligence fares the worfe, and wants that credit it defei ves, many times, with moft of his good Mafters.for coming out of his mouth fo ac- cuflomed to run over with flammes and falfhoods,the juft reward * »• : of a known convifted * Iyer. By the way, tell me, are we "not Mend** rjoc like to have Peace and Truth meet apace, the hearty and unfained * Gra * ur \ "* wifli-of aH good Prbteftants, and true Patriots, whileft thefe hy- ** m . ver . a dt ~ pocrucs mouth nothing more, meane nothing leffe : are not thefe . ' a 'iV ( I fay) like to meet and greet apace, when, leaft our peace fhould ™ f J^' a . ' retuine, before their ends, their turnes are ferv'd,to continue their a P i0 %' ' * difmall diftance, we muft have fuch fomenting of diviiions, fuch flattering of parties with Lyes, lyes -by theliving/lyes by the dead, lyes from the Preflfe, and (would I could not fay ) lyes from the Pulpit too ? But all this while we fpeak without book : It'sfwc going by the book?* faith Dick.. Let's then from his verball, tranft- ent lies (whereof fomwhat before in his Impudence) to his prin- ted, permanent lies ■: yet not til thofe neither, for fowling too much paper, -but here and there one,for a taft and tell of the whole pack, as weufe to fay, Ex pede Here til em y you may judge of #m7//^dimenfionsby his foot. \ l- (h Nut to repeat that which beares the bell fiom all the reft , the ' * J ance * Paffmg. bell ; and to paflt over the Petition matching in the Front,that I rnay'not f«em fo rafh as to grapple with a multitude, though the thing without all queftion be properly his own, as the D Amannenfis^ i i Antidotum CtilnterUtwm] i/fmAtiueytftSi who lead the Petitioners into a man'fefl untruth, when he made them oei tifie,that Doctor <£r.was ParfinofHith, Parpnof Jehham, Parfittaf Well, P ^rfin of S^ltX.o^d,tcc. and Do&or Q'c, Par (on of Bac\- Church in Londm\ ParfnofBdrham in Eaft-Kent neere Dover, Parfon of Bijbopjbottrnei &c. when he kne-wes, as well as hundreds more in thole p3rrs,that as Huh and Shlrmodwt but one and' the fame Parfomge, Ickbam and tvell an- other, (o Bijhyffbcurne and Barham arc no n:ore y tho!igh he reckon the Chsppells asfeveralland diftinct Parfonages, (one of which, Welly is long fince defolate) and rrarfhall them Jo farre afunder^ that his fallacious and unfaithfull dealing may be the better hid. To let theft things paffe, I fay , and come to his Pamphlet. 2. Inftatscc. What an impudent lie is thar, pag. 4. where, with fawcie lan- guage towards meft of theBench, whom he calls malignant and PrclaticaR Juftices 9 he affirmes that-they lb beftirrei themfelves, that the arraigned Cathedralift was (*ti$ plaine, he means unjuft* ly) acquitted f when it is notorious in the Countre.y ( and we have nothing but his bare word in contradiction ) that the bafl- nefle had a fquare, fake triall, and the prifoncr, by an whole dozen of honed and unbyacd Jury- men, was legally a quitted. Tht^ for the text. Now what faith the margin S^Why* A CathedraJi lajfe beguiled by a Singir g-m*n. Like text , like margin , both falfe. The beguiler, he kno wes, (nor is it unknown to Town and Countrey) was no Singing-man, but a Townfman, a Chirurgion, that but a while before left the City to dwell in the Church. Now when in a thing fo f refh in memory, he dares to falfirle fo groffely,.. what truth may we expecl: from his ftories of occurrences pre- tending to 30. or 40. years (landing f Withall, fee what a tale v Tardus fjl,i he hath here chofen to begin with,to defile his own neft *withall, malum cactt. ^ e a cur ^^ Cham, to difcover his fathers fhame, by reviving the flory of his quondam- que ftioning for beguiling a wench, in thofe dayes called begetting a baflard, which otherwife was well nigh telling. But fince you will needs provoke the difcourfe (by talking of Maftards) prethee, man, tell me (as you are an excellent Cafuift) whan *°^ 3 Amtioium CulmtrUnurn. what nay bethought of ;!dren thai r. '• :v ^.emftlves ? 7 5 a precious paire of your acqui % - CAntrrbu- 1 ^ ry:) or of theirs th< i your t tC C 7 ycu V aheranup:' yc-rowr. ieriflng; with utter dctcftatioo, wa- Church or England* both in point cf what is to -mnizaticn 'pi -//.cVc.) rr.d in the f<-. c Ftfrafe- prescribed in oar Lit icabiilhe ■ :; Law.) ' :o\V:i be j-iined ? when the policic of this Stare hitherta (fof I not of the future , not knowing whit t: t of (what their legit parents intermarriage in fuch a cafe. loth not the like fcruple offer it fere inpofotof - J , fuppofe that after ftxfa a mock- a arritge, I the widdow be put to foe for rcr 3 and ccnfequ : tb^ltlAxbxacccuplemert en I ; . . n-. ; j \y I wcr " how in this cafe fhe (hall be able to joftifie her p,:a. reirg married after fuch a fort as the Church of Engl <.rj 'to w the Stat (gai plea J is (o farre from appro g . ptrrie s fo coupled, in her confiruclicm fif thofc that know ..Lawyers,- ; dx.d) are fo farre from:. _ manar.i that if in fc^: c: tie upon them tothecirtri-;. 3 they may e\ :nd leave each other when they pkafe, wi t h out controll. And what fine work, my mailers, this may chance to make in ti jdgc ye. But by the way take this ftcry along w ith you, as in : impe r tment,not borrowed from etc or Sir 7 be. Mores VttpUjkA of that re;. 'twill be no r.e wes at all to many now in Loodc Ecce (as it were ofutenonftrmtioo, to point out the pa.: watch then bens lardy fet on root b e twe en a you- London, and both parties and parents fo farre a.; point cf portion and ether wife, as that oof pgoftWQtpmj it an or: ;*. D : rur: 2 4 Antidotum Culmerumm, mptiulliites, they muff, needs, forfooth, he married (Forforfse maids fafner will Biye it) after the new fafliion, without asking, without licence, without ring, without book. The young man iffor the prefent) diffemblts his diflikeof the way, and fuffefs the With the / m father herein to I ave his will. After this mock- marriage, what do quel of it, the young paire, but, 1 ke otha married couples, live and lie toge- ther ? and, by the p-ovecnion of fuch opportunities, fomewhat at length followed j that required the countenance oka real! marru age ; which the } oung man pcrceiving,and being unfa tis fled both wi;h the way of his marriage, and with the fumme of his- wives portion ; or> it may be, intending to take ad vantage of the invali- dity and illegality of the one,. to procure an augmentation of the other, and thinking the time now come to do the feat, what doth he, but, as if cleere of all conjugall bands, and no way obliged to nuptial! duties, forfakes his pregnant bed -fellow., difclaicns her for , , his wife, nay and in difpute about the matte r with her father,that ^ Whose ^ fap may caft the ^^ m fhort, for his part, attum eft de co*m- bjo, heel no more of the match, unleffe (for, after much adoe, to thefe termes they came at length , and this was that the yoiing man had in pro/eft all the while ) to that portion .which he had had with her already, fucha further fumme might be added as he required, and that they might w r ithall bejnarried after the old or- derly manner, in the legall way of the Church of Er.%Und: up- on which conditions, and not otherwife, he would take her for his wife againe, and ufe her as became an husband. The old ama- W£ty beguil% zed f a ti er- in-law finding himfelfe thus unexpectedly caught, fo much of his money gone already, and, as it proved , to no better end then to have his daughter, after fo long proftitution, turned backuponJiim with difgrace, and all for want of a right and or- derly marriage pleadable in Law, thinking it his beft way to make a vertue of neceflity, condefcended to, thefeharfh demands,payes downe what money was required, and differs a fecond (that is, a rigjjt and orderly ) foUmnization of his daughters marriage to the fame man, beingwcli laughed at for his paines ; and whether fcr- ved in his kind or not, let any but his peeres, fuch innovating cox - sqnjbs as himfelfe, be judge, Anotfcej ^'J ' Antidotum Calmer tamm* 2 y Another fuch like mcck-marriige there was, happening much 2t J«.? :: . about the fame time too: but the advantage here was taken on the womans part, whofe portion being in her brothers hands, and he refuting to part with it, unlefle verily (Tie would take an hus- band of his chufing (a zealous brother, forfooth, whom fhe affe- cled not, being indeed in league wi fo another man before :) fliee cunningly diffembles herconfent, lb as upon the wedding-day fhe might herfelfe receive her portion. Her brother condefcended : (b married they were in that fpick and fpan new way. At»night ipixbiu r c» when the Bride fliould go to bed, (he conditions with her Groom, amk that fince they were married in a new way, fo after a new, though preprofterons order of exit ring the nuptiall genial! bed, he fliould goto bed firft : he did foj then (having taken a former opportu- nity to conveighher mairiage-money into her fore-intended hu(- bands hands) die pretends anoccafionto go down, leaving the poore miftruftreiTe gull in bed, expecting her returne, and making Jure account to exchange a maidenhead with his Bride that night ; who intending nothing leffe. and ha ving- provided all things in a readineffe for her efcape, gets her away after her mony, and the next day, or fhortly after, became his law full wife (by light way of marriage) whofe fhe was before by affection, and fo continues, the former mock-marriage notwithftanding. But are we not unmannei !y to leave Richard thus long? Craving then his pardon, we proceed. As for rhe Glory-cloth, whereof in the Petition, and -again* $- Infiance* pag.6. to ftop the Lyers mouth, and iatis5e fuch as ai*e » capable ^^ Glory- -ofit,fobermen,thetru^I>of that bufinevTeis fhortly thus: The c kw^<#o*» hte Dutcheffc Dowager, of Lenr>x ( no Papid , I know unleffe t€ - her pious legary mud make her fo edeem'd,) ynongd fome other li'rebequsfr^, conteined in her will, giving to this Cathedrall 100. pound derlirg, at fuch time as the Society was in confuli&ion for repahing fome decayes about the ornaments, and utenfillsof their Churc/i; the back-cloth upon the Screene, or "Jraverfe, be- ing much difcoloured, with age, and the Screened fire a good- ly piece of carved Tabernacle- worke, which the ugh- overlaid Tfe£ir eeue* . *vith gold, yet when dripped of the imagery that fcmtime was about it, the pious and prudent (Reformers of old thought fit-in bgleft ftaiiding.) in many places *£ it v by the golds wearing o£ bring '}. i 1 6 A mi dot um Culmmafium . being gorme alfo to forne decay; with this i oo pound legacy, and form* hat added to it of their own, they parchalcd a new cloth of purple velvet, and hung it vp in the roome of the other; repaired the decayes of the gold about she Screene ; and for the further adorning of the cloth, and minding the beholders of the deadful- ^eiTeand facredneffc of that place, not -in it felfe, but from the high and facred Agendi there, for the better feaiening and prepa- ring rheapproschersmmdcs with fitting thoughts and meditati- ons in their addreffs thither (feare and reverence being to waikc hand in hand with faith and repentance in that facnmentall atti en) purpofed and tcoke order to have imbroydered onic in gold and filver, what f why even no more then is pentlil'd in as glori- ous a manner at the head of moil: Chancelis in London, above the Dtcalogue, the glorious and dread fuljname, J yet in truth there was no fuch matter; no lnutting of gates, but in the night time, as at other ^ times before and fince, till they were heav'd off and laid by. Nor did the party ever hide himfeife, or was conceal. d by the'Cathe- drallifts, as he pretends, but when demanded by the City-Magi- ftrates, prefently yeelded himfelf without the baft refiftance, ei- ther by word or deed, as many both of {the Church and City of more credit then Dr.Dic!^ can, and, if required, are ready to atteft. Sf. Inftfflce, Toletpaffehis Lie of the Mutiny at Canterbury, recorded pag.i 2. a thing that never was above ground; fee how he faul- ters and falfifies in his Winters-tale concerning the fall of the "Vane and Pinnacle, pag.13. going about to perfwade ftrangers (he cannot thofe that live upon the place, and know the contrary, &fo dare tel him to his face) that the Vane with the Archb. Arms pulling down the Pinnacle which upheld it,in the fall was carried {partly againfi the rrinde) a good difiancefrow thefteeple? and fell ups» the roof 0/ the Cloyfier, in which Cloyfter the Armes of the tArch- fry ' AntidotumCnlmmiWum. *3 a 7 A r chit fhoprick^of Canterbury Were carved and painted on the /**•- erfide or concave of the arch or feeling of the Cloyfhr; Which Arms $, x - in the Cloy ft er were dafhed fa puces by the tsirmes which fell from tUtjPinnade ofthefteeplc. ThnArmcs of the prefent zSfrchbifhop ({& he famines it up) bralee doWn the Armes if the ArchbifhopricJe^ or Sea of Canterbury : adding in the next page, that the Cathe- dral- men repairing the broken CloyfUr, gilded and painted the arch over head as it was before : but ( fuitn he) they have made o- ther Coat* Armcs in the roomc of the Arms of the Archbiftji'pricke 9 becaufe they Would concea/e the ftranve ruine of thofe is4nnes. Mendax lingua quo vadi>s f for lure is lie upon lie, one in tfufneck of another, fie undo, fufervenit nndam y and thefe, for a taft of his Poetical! learning , fummedupin theclofe with certain capring rimes, to give his Readers palate fome variety, or rather for the Kes better authorizing : for PiEioribtts atque Pcetis, &c. what Priviledges Poets and Painters have in this kinde, is notorious. Would you know the truth ? Then thus it was. About the time he fpeaks of, fuch Vanes were indeed creeled for the common be- Trktb cleered nerlt and accommodation as well of ftrangers travelling by thofe concerning t(fr parts, as of the Inhabitants upon and neere the place; the fuper- Vanes, eminent place of their chofen pofrture, yeelding great advantage foravaft Ittitude of publike afpecl. Of thefe ('tis true) that with the Archbifhops Armes upon it, in that great ftormeon S.Johns night, 1 63 p. fell, and in the fall drew down with it the top of the pinnacle whereon it ftood: but that the Pinnacle and it were carried any diftance from the fteeple, whh the wind,mUch' Lfl£ againftit, is mod: falfe; fince who yet obferves may fee, they fell directly downe into that corner of the Cloyfter un- - * -- derneath, almoft contiguous to the very pillar of the fteeple which fupports both Pinnacle and Vane. Whathe aids (that in their fall, they [bare or brake down tb* Armes of the^ Arch bi(hoprick carved and painted on the lower fide or concave cfthe arch, or feeling oft he Cloyfter &c. ) is a lie as notorious as rb.e former, there never being any Armcs of the Archbifhoprick either carved or painted in the place of the breach* nay no Armes at all, but fuch ordinary worke as in the reft of the untouched roofe on all >parts thereabouts is at this- day to bee ieene. Tis true there was on the one hand of the breach, the Arms --_: of 28 Antidotum Culmerimum , of thenoble houfe of Amndcll quartered with another coate, as there was or fome other for a plaine fliield rather ) on the other fide, and thofe are (landing 'ftill, undemolifhed by the fall: but for other Armes there or thereabouts, of the Archbifhoprick efpe- 6 C ilibet * c " la ^y* though maiiifteriall Richards own felfe averr it, yet (if Ca^lrt/ % \ * Hera ^ s anc * ot h ers ma y be credited to whom the Cloy Her jua ar e pcy * w j t h the Armes about it, by curious and frequent cbfervation ta- fUetrcaenaamy^ of bofh} before t ^ v breach was made> was and is better knowne then ever to him, or any of his tribej he ties as grolTely, as the man you wote cf that told us of the miraculous ringing of the Archbifhops pafling-bell, or as he that talks of eating a Sack- poffet out of the Cathedrall bafon, p. 20. or as he ( the very fame hand guided both pens) *riat faid , the Minifter that fucceeded M. Culmer, upon his fufpenfion, for refuting to read the booke of Liberty, fhortly after drown 5 d him felfe. Nor doth he otherwife when he afllgnes thereafon for taking downe all the other three Vane$, to be Cathedrailifls policie, for taking away the obfervati- qyi and reme?nbrance of that downfall, which concerned their gr aci- §H4 Diocefin y and great Cathedrall (0 much. Whereas the known and onely caufe hereof was, an experience by this unhappy acci- dent, of the weakneffe and inability of the flender pinnacles to fapport them in (lormy weather «. without indarigering the flee- ple : a thing,from the very firfl,fo much feared of the mofl of the Churchmen, tiiat, but for the forwardnefrTe of fome one or two, f whereof the one in Office for that yeere,who afterwards fmar- ted for fuch his forwardneffe, being at his patting his accompts, made to pay fome part of the charge out of his ownpwrfe, as I have heard) they had never been fet up ; fo flrong was the oppo- fidon againft it from the reft of the company. & Inftance, ^ Where he insinuates (pag ,18.) that none but Protlors, T idler t, T-apflers^ and other friends of the Cathedral! and Prelaticatt party At Canterbury, were for the Archbifhops Secretary to be Burgeffc there &c. how fawcy and falfe too is hee in that alTeaion ? when 'tis knowne, nay the fellow knowes it himfelfe, that the then Mayor, all the Aldermen, but one, mofl of the Common Counfell, befides divers prime Citizens and Freemen, that were neither Prottors, Fidlers, nor Tapfters &c. gave, or were icady to have given their voices for the Gentlemans election. By the way* ' Antidctum Culmmanum. if way, friend, how ™de and uncivill fnot unlike your felfe in this fawcy terme reflecting, if ,'you marke it, upon no fmall number of your good Matters) theoppofitepartie was in that a&ion, I re- port me to the indifferent and fober partie of that aflcmbly . As for his affertion and triumph, in that abfurd comparifon, ^ o Infiarce pag. 24. That noVo there is no fuch heterodox malignant Cathedral! ftuffe heard at Chrift- Church, at before this bleffed Reformation, &*. Whathemeanesby fuch epitheted ftuffe I know not. But 'tis too well knowne to Town and Country, that fince this ble (fed Reformation, fince the fetling thii able and orthodox Minh- firy y as he calls it, fince thefe young beardlefic boyes came thither to ^rzichin jQuirpo, fince this change of *ALnea fro aureis , of T>ro(fe for Gold, there hath beene and is fuch ftrange matter deli- vered there for Dottrine, fuch upftart new-fangled ftuffe for Dif- cipline, as ftartles many (obcr, orthodox, wcll-arYecled Chriftians jy ew Cathe- toheare. One cries down the Liturgy (the Ser vice-Book efta- d rail preach- blifhed by Aft of Parliament) with ttale, thred-bare, long fince ing,^*, refuted, exploded arguments, pick'd from the fcurrilous, libellous papers of Martin Marpr elate, T. C. and their fcllowes. Ano- ther labours to difaffeft his Auditors to it, with odious compari- fons betwixt it and conceived prayer , refembling that to the * The fame mouth was ftnee conftant and unvaried note of the that, out of another Pulpit, Cuckow ; this this to the fwect heard to wifhythat all thofe that and changeable tunes of the bowed at the name of Jefus, * Night inghale. One (and more might be crooked , and that as then one, and with more then or- many as kneeled at receiving dinary violence too, and demon- the Communion, might rife up ftration of the fpirit of contradi- no more, or to that effetl. ftion of the orthodox Doctors and Doclrine of ourowne and all other reformed Churches :) Will have no Communions at all, fiercely condemning it both in the giver and receiver , becaufe , forfooth, of the mixture of good and bad, the precious with the vile, at thofe meetings; Anabaptiftically fancying to themfelves, and no leffc paradol xically , a CHVRCH here upon earth without /pot o r E * tlemifi 1 3 o Antidotttw Ctilmerinnum. | t/jV^ not here brave Jpsrt f blemifh. Another will have no fcr the Romariins? n>* rW Discipline, no forme of Church- wne wont to upbraid them government, but that w.ldc one with their halfe Communions ', of Independency , prutefting, and are noVv come to fall Jh.rt of declaming againft all other formes that , and, deny. *Ji. B e fides ^ as repugnant to. holy Scripture. What's btcume of that Note Thus they preach , and will }o;i which wee. affame of a trH? hearc now a little of their Pray Church ( the right Admini- ing f And Praying ftration of the Sacraments ) J kkets come to them from this when we will adminifler none and that good Sifter thicke and at all? three- fold j one mud bee ( and wasjremembred and commended in a thank* giving to Almighty Clod for an overflowing meafife of th $f)huinher> ( to the admiration you may thinke of all her Gofl'psJ Anotr.er muff have, and had, their prayers for the con- trary, her Lickj.nd Want of the fpirit, (to your Sifter, Gofllp, and {Jiaie with her of her Overflowings.) A third, whereof I faw and read the Ticket, fo ill written, both for authography and fence, as Inevei faw any thing of that kind more ridiculous and abfurd, tnuft have, and had, their thanks and prayers tco for a brother of hers : Thanhs to God, for the opening of his eyes, and bringing him to the fight of his error; and what was that? why, taking up Armts, and ingaging his perfon as a Souldier on the Kings par- tie • Pray:rs,foY what ? why, that he fhut not his .eyes againe, e^Tholy fifter an d having deferted the King, revolt, andrelapfe into his former beguiled. error. Another of the Sifterhood,a fedulous and noted frequenter of their zealous exercife, both publike and private , having caught a clap of late, befides the pray ers made in her behalfc. both here andeljewhere, how did one of thefe Orthodox Minifters , tooth and naile, omni cumvaltiofir^tim himfeif in a Sermon the next Lords daie, made on purpofe to falve the matter, and reconcile her to the offended Congregation , from that proper and pertinent Text of Scripture, Gal. 6.v.t. whileft fome of the Sifterhood, hearing how the tongues of certaine of theii owne tribe were la- vifn in the cenfureof their collapfed Sifter, and in fuch termes too ss tepded to the difcrcdit of their righteous profeflion , tender of the 7 Antldotttm Ctdmerhnum. 3 x the confequence, laboured to difTwade them from fuch fcandalous Q en c Hr cA. cenfures, condifcer.ding to have her called whore , but not,as Tome would terme her, Round-he ad-Whore* And is not the world well mended, my Mailers, at Chrift- Church., fince this able and Ortho- cUx Aiimfiry w.u fetied there} doth not the H ftorian juftli?,wot> thilie celebrate this alteration? Aremedie indeed as bad, if not wo: fe then the dileafe, not through the Phyfitians fault though, but theirs rather, who liKe pragmaticall patieBts,will take no Phy - fitkebutof their owne prefcribing, admit cf no Paftors but of their owne recommending ; a mifchief which the wifdome of our State hath ever laboured to prevent, by oppofing popular Votes in tre election of Minifters, wbkh cure, if at this day for a while remitted, will, I doubt not, be re-affum'd againe , after fome few fuch miicarri3ges as this, have furficiently informed the world of the inconvenience. Fiat. Thus have you heard of fome of the Hiftorians good qualities, p„ rorat ; . to which I might juftly add mo r e, fuch as his zslrrogance, Envy> R tvenge, Rudeneffe : but fince i hey are glanced at beforehand you may nauieate what you have already, fuch unfavoury ftuffcitis, and chiefly leaf! fome over- curious Anagrammatift fliould pleafe himfelfe too much with picking out his name (Richard Culmer) from the firft letter of each word in this goodly Poefie put toge- ther, which, to a void the giving fuch a hint, I have ex profeffoflnd of purpose, marfhalled other wife then they lie in the mans name* and that fome what may be refer ved for a fecond edition , if he fhonld provoke it, by obtruding his Nerves upon us a fecond time, I will ftop here, neither fowlng my own ringers, nor blading o- ^ e Q it \ XPm » therseartswithreprefenting any more ?of his wretched conditi- dralifts accu- " ons at prefent. And by this time, Readers, you may be ready, I j^ Co * mpe l' fuppoie, for a queftion, and be ask'd what you think of the cem- te ^^ e j petency of the Cathedralifts Accufer , now that you have feene * him unmas'd ? Is not Dick, Culmer a fitting man to accufe other q u « s tu j cr j t men, and in that bitter, fatyrkall/arcifticall p'larifaicali way too* Gra CC h. um . ? ? that is (o many wayes obnoxious to jufr, reproofe himfelfe ? to record, tomakeaR(gifterof Cathedrall evills, of Cathedralifts vices, that is fo great a ftranger to all vertue himfelfe ? Were it not a great deale fitter, while the hypocrite is pulling Ivimes out of vg • «g*inft 1 king of the Ship-taxes, lay, that fuch and fuch places rA4.h.j»rfpea- A wcrc taxed fo irmch, and fomefo much &c.and in the ki"& *£ lw fi end he faid, that if we have fuch taxes laid upon us wee RdT s lf> * mu ^ re ^ c ^3 or we mu & ^ e faine to rcbell, or to this effecft punctually, and hearing him fay fo, I faid., that if we confidered our burthen with others compared, we had no caufe to thinke of Rebellion. The next occafion I could findel called him afide after Evenning-fong^ and gave him the beft admonition I could,, telling him, that I could not heare fuch words but with deteftation, and faid, that as a Subject, and a Minirter, and a Gueft, I was bound to tell him what I did, and intrtatcd him for the Lord Jefus Chrifts fake, that he would forbcare fuch fpeeches, elfe I would never come to his houfe more, with other fpeeches to this effect. He replied, did I fay fo < yes faid I, that I did heare you fay-, aske your wife and friends at home. After that he never fpake word of * Tour Curat- it more, till, I heard of late, he in a paflion againft me, ihip , £ W at fome mecting,railing upon me, hoping to get my * Be- Richard ! nefice for his Cofin //.by my * ruine, he there, as I heard * The very ^y credible Information, amongft other vile compari- trade you f ons anc j fpeeches againft me, faid, that he invited me to tttbJtu! his houle at Chiiftmas,and afterwards I called him afidc, and would have him accufe himfelfe, but he fpake words of fcdition,wJnen as I did it not to bring him into a fnare- ^ ;1 55 If I had, I would have called witnefTe, when I admoni- fhedhim, buttheLordknowtthl did it oi.t cf finccre duty to God and my Soveraignc Lord King c harles^ for whom I pray from the bottome of my heart, that the Lord would preferve him from feditious, and rebellious men. And my wife faith, fhec well remembreth the fame fpeech of his and mine at the Table. And I heard the laid M.S. fay, having read over the h$ frond booke of Sabbath-Recreations , and delivering it to me be- charge a